Jacques Villeneuve to race in Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

The motorsport season has finally come to Sweden with the first races of the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia 2019 taking place at Ring Knutstorp on 3 to 4 May. The venue will host the opening two rounds of the championship as part of the celebratory Porsche Festival. Close to 1,000 guests and 500 modern and vintage Porsche cars are expected to participate in the event.

Prior to the race weekend, a guest driver is traditionally invited to challenge the 23 regular championship contenders by driving Porsche Sweden's guest car. The event at Ring Knutstorp will see one of the biggest names in motorsport behind the wheel of car 911. Porsche Sweden proudly presents 1997 Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve.

Jacques Villeneuve, son of legendary grand prix driver Gilles Villeneuve, had his big breakthrough in open-wheel racing in 1995 when he won both the IndyCar Championship and the Indy 500 with Team Green.