Early in 1996, I met up with some fellow hacks and someone mentioned that so-and-so was working on Jacques Villeneuve’s 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…