Editing Jacques Villeneuve (section)

==Early life==
On 9 April 1971, Villeneuve was born in [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]],<ref name="BrittanicaBio">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Way|first=Diane Lois|title=Jacques Villeneuve; Canadian race-car driver|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Villeneuve|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=5 April 2021|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501214656/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacques-Villeneuve|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CEBio">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Gee|first=Michael|title=Jacques Villeneuve|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jacques-villeneuve|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|date=9 June 2010|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215352/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jacques-villeneuve|url-status=live}}</ref> a small town outside of [[Montreal]] in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]].<ref name="F1HOFBio">{{cite web|last=Donaldson|first=Gerald|title=Jacques Villeneuve – 1997|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Jacques_Villeneuve.html|url-status=live|publisher=Formula One|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501214321/https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers/hall-of-fame/Jacques_Villeneuve.html}}</ref>{{Sfn|Sparling|1999|p=13, 17, 21}}<ref name="McLean1997Profile">{{cite journal|last=Wallace|first=Bruce|date=16 June 1997|title=Eyes on the Prize|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1997/6/16/eyes-on-the-prize|journal=[[Maclean's]]|pages=36–42|access-date=9 June 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608193522/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1997/6/16/eyes-on-the-prize|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the son of snowmobile and future [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] racer [[Gilles Villeneuve]] and his wife Joann Barthe.<ref name=OCProfile1995>{{cite news|last=Richler|first=Jacob|title=Jacques Attack|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67870411/jacques-villeneuve-ottawa-citizen/|work=[[Ottawa Citizen]]|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67870411/jacques-villeneuve-ottawa-citizen/ 30]–[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67870553/jacques-villeneuve-ottawa-citizen/ 34], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67870599/jacques-villeneuve-ottawa-citizen/ 84]|date=24 August 1995|access-date=31 May 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213846/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67870411/jacques-villeneuve-ottawa-citizen/|url-status=live}}</ref> Villeneuve has a sister, Melanie, and a [[Siblings#Half sibling|half sister]] Jessica.{{Sfn|Collings|1997|p=37, 39, 80}} His uncle, [[Jacques Villeneuve (racing driver, born 1953)|Jacques Sr.]], whom he was named after also competed in motor racing.{{Sfn|Collings|1997|p=37, 39, 80}} Villeneuve spent most of his formative years travelling with the racing fraternity with his parents.<ref name="BrittanicaBio" />

Aged seven in 1978, Villeneuve and his family relocated from [[Berthierville]], Quebec,<ref name="McLean1997Profile" /><ref name="Maclean's1995">{{cite journal|last=Deacon|first=James|title=In the driver's seat|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1995/8/14/in-the-drivers-seat|journal=[[Maclean's]]|pages=44–47|date=14 August 1995|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215232/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1995/8/14/in-the-drivers-seat|url-status=live}}</ref> to the small principality of [[Monaco]] on the French Riviera in France's south-east coast close to the [[France–Italy border|border with Italy]] to be nearer to Ferrari's headquarters.{{Sfn|Sparling|1999|p=13, 17, 21}}<ref name="McLean1997Profile" /> On the advice of driver [[Patrick Tambay]],<ref name="F1R2014Interview" /> Villeneuve was sent to the French-speaking Swiss private boarding [[Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil]] by his mother, which he attended from the ages of 12 (1983) to 17 (1988).{{Sfn|Sparling|1999|p=13, 17, 21}}{{Sfn|Collings|1997|p=69, 84}} He excelled in skiing and experimented with [[BASE jumping]], [[ice hockey]], [[motocross]] and [[water skiing]].<ref name="Bartels1995" /> Villeneuve left the school by mutual consent between his mother and the school owners.{{Sfn|Collings|1997|p=69, 84}}