Jacques Villeneuve calls thieves of late father’s bronze monument soulless idiots [Video]

Jacques Villeneuve, the son of late Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, is lashing out at thieves who stole a bronze statue of his father from outside a Quebec museum in his honour, calling them “idiots.”

The younger Villeneuve, 53, also a celebrated F1 driver, posted a video to social media on the weekend saying he has had trouble sleeping since learning of the theft. In an accompanying message he describes the culprits as “shameless, soulless beings” who “do not deserve to be called humans.”

The five-foot-three-inch bronze statue was stolen sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning from a podium in front of the Gilles Villeneuve Museum in Berthierville, Que., about 70 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

A $12,000 reward has been offered for the return of the statue, which can be dropped off at a number of locations in the Berthierville area with no questions asked.

Quebec provincial police …