The messenger was a staff officer sent by the Governor of Alexandria General Jean Baptiste Kléber, and the report had been hastily written by Admiral Ganteaume, who had subsequently rejoined Villeneuve's ships at sea.

In the M23 was gradually replaced with the M26, the M23's final works outing being Gilles Villeneuve's Formula One debut with the team in a one-off appearance at the British Grand Prix.

With no sign of Villeneuve's fleet by 26 August, the three French army corps ' invasion force near Boulogne broke camp and marched to Germany, where it was later engaged.

Villeneuve's first girlfriend was Sandrine Gros d ' Aillon.

Villeneuve racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in early 2008. In a subsequent interview with Autosport magazine, Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock confirmed that Villeneuve's Formula One career was over It was announced on August 24, 2007 that Villeneuve would run the remaining seven races in the Craftsman Truck Series driving a Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing and undertake a full-time Sprint Cup schedule in 2008.

Money was very tight in Villeneuve's early career.

The British press coverage of Villeneuve's performance was generally complimentary, including John Blunsden's comment in The Times that " Anyone seeking a future World Champion need look no further than this quietly assured young man.

" Ferrari was satisfied with Villeneuve's promise after a session at Ferrari's Fiorano test track, despite the Canadian making many mistakes and setting relatively slow times, and Villeneuve signed to drive for Ferrari in the last two races of the 1977 season and the 1978 season.

Their relationship did not improve after the first Grand Prix in Australia: Villeneuve was due to pit, but stayed out an extra lap and pitted when Button was due in, leaving Button waiting in the pit lane while Villeneuve's car was serviced.

Nelson, though outnumbered, won the Battle of Trafalgar, and Villeneuve's flagship Bucentaure was captured along with many other French and Spanish ships.

The nature of his death ensured that this verdict was much mocked in the British press of the time and suspicions abounded that Napoleon had secretly ordered Villeneuve's murder.

Villeneuve was airlifted by helicopter to the ' Gasthuisberg ' Hospital in Leuven and Watkins spoke to Villeneuve's wife Joann who was in her home in Monaco when 1979 champion Jody Scheckter informed her of the news.

The race was also Villeneuve's final F1 victory.

A lap later, Jacques Villeneuve's BAR ran into the back of Ralf Schumacher's Williams at high speed whilst Schumacher was braking into turn three.

Track marshal Graham Beveridge was fatally injured when he was struck by a fast-moving wheel from Villeneuve's car that had passed through a gap in the safety fence.

This was Villeneuve's last victory, often regarded as his tactical masterpiece.

It was Gilles Villeneuve's final race, as he was killed at the following race in Belgium.

However, Villeneuve's fleet successfully evaded Nelson's when the British were blown off station by storms.

Villeneuve's contract negotiation arguments with David Richards eventually ended with him being replaced, before the end of the season, by Japanese driver Takuma Sato.

Amour pour amour, by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on Villeneuve's version.

In 1982, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Watkins went into the medical car driven by Roland Bruynseraede as it headed to the scene of Gilles Villeneuve's serious accident and placed a tube into his windpipe for ventilation with his heart in normal condition.

Villeneuve's expression was sullen on the podium, enraged by Pironi's actions.

Schumacher's team-mate Eddie Irvine and Villeneuve's Heinz-Harald Frentzen collided at the first corner, with David Coulthard also forced out by damage from the incident.

Schumacher's getaway at the start was better than Villeneuve's and he had taken the lead by the time they reached the first corner.

The slower pace of Villeneuve's car meant that on the last lap, he had been caught by both McLarens, Häkkinen having regained second place from Coulthard under team orders.

The race was simplicity itself for Coulthard as he controlled proceedings ahead of Mika Häkkinen, with Schumacher split from Irvine by Jacques Villeneuve's Williams.

On lap 17 Jacques Villeneuve's BAR came to a halt with a hydraulic failure before Michael Schumacher pitted, and was passed by Montoya while in the pits, who had been able to do a quicker lap while not being held up by Schumacher.

Villeneuve's second straight win came by almost half a minute over Scheckter, as Alan Jones joined them on the podium for Williams.

The 1979 French Grand Prix featured a memorable battle for second place in the final laps between Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari and René Arnoux's Renault, which was finally won by Villeneuve.

In 1979 he competed in the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash in a Porsche 928 co-piloted by John Lane ( Gilles Villeneuve's sponsor and friend ).

The direction of Villeneuve on Cadiz ruined all hopes of Napoleon to make an invasion and landing on England, thus Napoleon, frustrated by Villeneuve's commandement, was forced to abandon his plan of invading Britain.

The two men were brought back together by a chance meeting at the Suzuka circuit, and Pollock agreed to become Villeneuve's manager.

The pair banged wheels causing Villeneuve's Ferrari to became airborne.

Hunt returned the next year to win the second Japanese Grand Prix, but a collision between Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson during the race saw Villeneuve's Ferrari somersault into a restricted area, killing two spectators.

The 1981 Spanish Grand Prix featured the second closest finish ever of a Formula One race: after Gilles Villeneuve's Ferrari, the four following cars finished in just 1. 24 seconds.

Villeneuve's biographer Gerald Donaldson quotes Ferrari race engineer Mauro Forghieri as saying that the Canadian, although pressing on in his usual fashion, was returning to the pits on his last set of qualifying tyres when the accident occurred.

In the constructors ' championship, Villeneuve's Williams team led with 118 points, with Schumacher's Ferrari team 16 points behind, but Ferrari had only won five races during the season compared with Williams's eight.

The right-front wheel of Schumacher's Ferrari hit the left radiator pod of Villeneuve's Williams-unlike the 1994 collision with Hill where Schumacher inflicted damage on Hill's suspension-and caused Schumacher to retire.

It was the third win of Villeneuve's career, his second consecutive, and the third United States Grand Prix win in a row for Ferrari.

Cervical fractures may also be seen in some non-contact sports, such as skiing, diving, surfing, powerlifting, equestrianism, mountain biking, and motor racing ( as in Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve's death from a cervical fracture ).

With Villeneuve's lead at two seconds, Reutemann was pushing Lauda hard for second place.