Gilles famously drove a Ferrari numbered 27 throughout his successful racing career, with JV then driving a numbered 27 car during his 1995 CART and Indy 500 championship season. He will now rekindle that tribute during his return to oval racing in the United States.

In an emotional quirk of fate, Jean Alesi's one and only F1 victory occurred in the Canadian GP of 1995 at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in a Ferrari numbered 27.

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