Villeneuve 'mad enough' to make F1 return

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve said Friday he is "mad enough" to entertain the prospect of returning to Formula One, two years after he quit.

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve, seen here in 2008, said Friday he is "mad enough" to entertain the prospect of returning to Formula One, two years after he quit.

"The passion, the desire, the hunger are all there," said the 38-year-old Canadian who was world champion in 1997.

"I have spent two years on holiday doing motocross and karting. If I am mad enough to do that, I am mad enough to take on Eau Rouge (the famous bend at the Spa circuit in Belgium).

"I want my sons to see me at the wheel and not only in a photograph."

Villeneuve quit Formula One in 2006 after 12 races of the season following a dispute with BMW Sauber and was replaced by Poland's Robert Kubica.

"There are possibilities. I am going to do my best (to find a team for 2010)," he said.

"It would preferably be in an existing team, but perhaps there may be more of a chance in a new team."

Villeneuve has already been linked with a drive at new team USF1 who will make their debut in 2010.

"There has been no contact. But it's logical that people think this way. I am Canadian, it's close to the USA etc," said Villeneuve.