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The tale of F1’s most tragic rivalry

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VILLENEUVE PIRONI: RACING’S UNTOLD TRAGEDY

The history of Formula 1 is full of intense rivalries and bitter feuds that have come to define the championship, but perhaps the most tragic rivalry is that of Ferrari team-mates Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi.

Their friendship, the fallout from the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix and the horrendous sequence of events that followed are the subject of a new documentary from the Noah Media Group and director Torquil Jones.

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