Gilles Villeneuve (1950-1982) started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec. He moved into single seaters, winning the US and Canadian Formula Atlantic championships in 1976, before being offered a drive in Formula One with the McLaren team at the 1977 British Grand Prix. He was taken on by reigning world champions Ferrari for the end of the season and from 1978 to his death in 1982 drove for the Italian team. He won six Grand Prix races in a short career at the highest level.
This is one of our (MotorsportRevolution) rare Formula 1 videos which avoided the dreaded F1 video block
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TctVXRwgTO0