{"id":459823,"date":"2002-10-01T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2002-10-01T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=109328"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:24","slug":"biographies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/biographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Biographies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early in 1996, I met up with some fellow hacks and someone mentioned that so-and-so was working on Jacques Villeneuve\u2019s biography. At the time, Jacques had enjoyed one terrific year in CART and had driven in three or four Grands Prix. I could not help but remark that it was not until seven years after his death that a biography of Gilles Villeneuve was published. I cannot become as enthusiastic about Jacques as I was about Gilles, it must be a fault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After his first year in Formula One, Jenson Button published his autobiography. What sort of person wants to read the autobiography of someone aged 21? What has Button to impart to the world? Possibly there is a thrilling chapter on his potty training and another on how he dealt with acne. I don\u2019t know, I have no intention of reading it. I still have not read all of Mark Twain, nearly there; am I going to waste time on Jenson Button?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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I cannot become as enthusiastic about Jacques as I was about Gilles, it must be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":819671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,8184,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-459823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-jenson-button","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biographies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence questions whether we would rather read about Jenson Button\u2019s acne or Luigi Faglioli attempting to murder his teammates with a wheel hammer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/biographies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Biographies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence questions whether we would rather read about Jenson Button\u2019s acne or Luigi Faglioli attempting to murder his teammates with a wheel hammer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/biographies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-10-01T20:00:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/sdfg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/biographies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/biographies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Biographies\",\"datePublished\":\"2002-10-01T20:00:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/biographies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1038,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/biographies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2002\\\/10\\\/sdfg.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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