Villeneuve earned his spot on the starting grid on time in qualifying on Wednesday, as his Team Hezemans squad is a non-charter team.
Villeneuve suffered a pre-race engine problem before his Duel race on Thursday and was forced to retire from the race when the issue recurred after 34 laps.
His team then discovered a more serious engine problem while running it up ahead of final practice on Saturday.
When asked by Fox Sports about the engine issues, Villeneuve replied: “Well, we fixed the Thursday problem, but then we found out this morning that we’d dropped a valve, so we have to change the engine.
“So not a lot of laps for me, and I was wanting to try to the pit lane entry and pit-out a little bit today. But 500 miles is a long time to learn all of that tomorrow.”
Jacques Villeneuve, Team Hezeberg, Ford Mustang Hezeberg Engineering Systems
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