VIDEO: 'Breathtaking' Villeneuve overtake of Schumacher

Martin Macdonald Saturday 22 September 2018 13:16

VIDEO: 'Breathtaking' Villeneuve overtake of Schumacher

On this day in 1996, Jacques Villeneuve lit up the Portuguese Grand Prix and eventually won the race following a stunning overtake on Michael Schumacher which Guardian journalist Alan Henry described as "one of the most breathtaking overtaking manoeuvres seen all season".

Jacques Villeneuve's brilliant outside pass on Michael Schumacher as the pair came up to lap Giovanni Lavaggi. Portuguese GP, Estoril, 22nd September 1996. #F1 pic.twitter.com/z81v5J9Fiv — F1 in the 1990s ???? (@1990sF1) September 22, 2018

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