He lost everything except one gear (5th?) IIRC.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:08:57AM -0500, Ken Waller wrote:
> Don't remember where or when but I recall Shoey losing a gear or two 
> during the race and still winning. That sold me.
>
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" 
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: OT - Very OT - Villeneuve vs. Arnoux, 1979
>
>
>> frank theriault wrote:
>>
>>> Finishing a race for points is often preferable to going hellbent for
>>> leather and blowing an engine or crashing (in fact I guess it's always
>>> better...).
>>
>> Only if the driver wants to keep getting paid. :-)
>>
>>> Villeneuve was my favourite because he's Canadian, he had a certain
>>> panache, he enjoyed himself and loved what he did.
>>
>> I like V The Elder and V The Younger.  But, being of the era that I am, 
>> Mikey Shoe will always be my favorite F1 driver.  Watching him carve up 
>> Monte Carlo in the rain was always amazing.  Of course, watching him,  
>> during safety car laps, smash into ? Alonso ? for no reason at Monte 
>> Carlo was pretty amazing, too. :-)
>>
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> DougF (KG4LMZ)
>
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