June 10 '10
Jacques Villeneuve has been reunited with his old nemesis.
The one-time car-racing champ and his former rival Michael Schumacher appear to have made up.
They met reporters near Montreal on Thursday to promote new automobile safety technologies and raced around on a rainy track.
It's been over a decade since Schumacher tried running his Canadian foe off the track in a decisive Formula One race. Schumacher now says he believes there's still a place in F1 for Villeneuve ? who hasn't driven on the circuit since 2006.
In return, Villeneuve is applauding the return of the seven-time champion.
It?s been over a decade since Michael Schumacher tried to run Jacques Villeneuve off an F1 track but on Thursday the two champions had nothing but good things to say about each other?It's great for Formula One because it was starting to run short a bit of heroes,? he said of his former German rival. ?It's important because it brings in fans.?
Villeneuve is in Montreal while the city enjoys its own comeback this week: the return of F1 racing after a one-year hiatus.
Schumacher said he is happy the city is back on the F1 calendar.
?The track is always good emotion because the spectators really live the Grand Prix and you can feel that and that makes it special from that point of view,? Schumacher said.
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