Tuesday June 13th, 2000

Canadian Formula One driver Jacques Villeneuve said on Tuesday he is still deliberating his future in motor racing, amid swirling rumours he is set to leave British American Racing to don either McLaren silver or Benetton blue. "I will be walking in the paddock next year but I don't know under which colour," the former F1 world champion said at a news conference in Montreal ahead of Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

"The most advanced discussions are with BAR," he said, adding he had talked to Benetton and McLaren over the past months but denying he was set to sign with Benetton.

Villeneuve, the son of Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve, who died during qualifying at Zolder in Belgium in 1982, also announced an association with French multimedia firm Ubi Soft Entertainment to launch a new Formula One video game.

The project is worth $2.7 million USD (C$4 million) and will create 25 jobs in Montreal's high-tech sector.