Ephman has been a Jacques Villeneuve fan for a long long time. He was even a Gilles Villeneuve fan. Hey come on Ephman's Canadian, so what can ya say? But should he return to Formula One?

Jacques aka JV to his fans, has been working insanely hard for a return. He started last year after his failed NASCAR, attempt. He's shown up to a bunch of races last year. And hung out with some of his old teams. There was a quote someplace that referred to Jacques Villeneuve as to saying something about how with the slick tires, no driver assist technology, he'd have a lot more fun driving these cars. As opposed to the BMWSauber machine he walked out of the car after crashing out. And then quit F1.

Not going to get into the whole JV is amazing, or JV sucks debate here. Both sides have awesome arguments. Yes, JV is both F1 World Champion, and CART Champion (almost winning the triple crown by finishing 2nd at the 24hrs Le Mans). Yes, JV totally fell apart after he quit Williams, and started BAR. Whatever, who cares. He's one of those drivers that is both amazing and sucks at the same time. Probably because he's disappointed so many people over such a long period of time. But he's still gunning for things.

OK, so for the past like 6 months, really ever since the last season ended Jacques Villeneuve has been linked to so many different teams. Lotus, Renault, USF1, and now some other team that doesn't even have a spot on the grid from Serbia called Stefan GP. Stefan GP's car is basically a salvaged Toyota F1. But both JV and Ralf Schumacher have been linked with comebacks to this team.

Ephman has to admit he was a bit disappointed when Lotus and USF1 didn't pick he boy JV for this year. And as a testament to Jacques he has not quit trying to secure a ride. Even if the team has not been given a slot to race in the 2010 season. Why should that even stop him. Campos (another new team), and USF1 don't even look anywhere ready for Bahrain anyhow. And Bernie Eccelstone has been pushing for Stefan GP to take a grid slot anyways.

So the question is should JV return?

It's not like he needs the money. After he left F1 he moved back to Montreal Ephman thinks full time. So converting those Euros to Canadian Dollars couldn't have been too bad. Plus he has a cool club, lounge, restaurant there named Newton. And if that wasn't all, he also has a racing school with his name on it. Albeit, he's not a teacher.

It's also not like he needs to prove anything. Take a look at his accomplishments. Put aside the fact they happened early in his career, they did happen. Well maybe a real NASCAR run would be cool, but come on we both know NASCAR is so boring, and sucks so bad.

Maybe the question shouldn't be should return, maybe it should be can return right? Because the guy is kind of aged for F1, even if Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello are still in Formula One. He has been up in the Swiss Alps (his second home), training like a mad man for the shot. So maybe physically he can do it.
But what about mentally? He's got this killer winning spirit that was so shunted when he split Williams and moved to his own team BAR. They just couldn't put a competitive car on the track. That's been his story all the way since for any team he's raced for. But really is Stefan GP going to be any better? They don't even have a spot on the grid. Eventhough they should probably be there then a team like Campos or USF1.

But Ephman's gut is that if you still have the winning spirit, you still have a Super License, and you won't be a menace on the track, why not return? What's the worse that can happen to Formula One with JV returning? His big mouth? But in a way F1 could use a little more spirit. It's whole reputation has been so destroyed the last few years. That an honest upfront driver like Jacques Villenueve, that tells you like it is, might be in a way just what Formula One needs right now.

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