David Hobbscap

David Hobbscap
Vehicle type	1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Racer
Color	Dark green
Occupation	World Grand Prix/RSN announcer
Main portrayer(s)	David Hobbs
First appearance	Cars 2
Latest appearance	Cars Daredevil Garage (die-cast)
Character information Alias(es) Jacques Villeneuve Gender Male Home Royal Leamington Spa, England

"Well Brent, all three of these street courses are classic 'round-the-house race tracks."

—David Hobbscap, Cars 2

David Hobbscap, known as Jacques Villeneuve in the French and Quebecois versions, is a British commentator. He commentates on the World Grand Prix with Brent Mustangburger and Darrell Cartrip.

History

Cars 2

In Cars 2, David commentates the World Grand Prix with Brent Mustangburger and Darrell Cartrip. Throughout the event he, Brent and Darrell are surprised at the blowouts that happen during the Tokyo race and Porto Corsa race along with the crash. He also comments on Mater's appearance in the London race stating that an emergency vehicle would be on the track if there was an accident.

Other appearances

David also appears in the Cars Daredevil Garage app via his die-cast with the headset variant.

General information

Livery

David is painted dark green, with chrome outlining. He has chrome hood decals and rims, surrounded by black tires. He has a black and gray grille above his mouth.

Model

David's model is a 1963 Jaguar E-Type Lightweight Racer, which Hobbs admitted is his favorite car.

Occupation

David works for the Racing Sports Network, as one of the commentators. He was also employed as one of the three announcers to host the World Grand Prix.

Bios

Meet the Cars (2011)

• As a handsome forest green 1963 Jaguar Coombs Lightweight E-Type, David Hobbscap, originally from Royal Leamington Spa, England, is a worldwide racing luminary. His 30-year career in professional racing spans the globe and all types of motorsports. Now David shares that priceless knowledge as an announcer, where he’s also well known for providing comic relief during race broadcasts. A former champion with 20 starts at 24 Hours of Le Mans, his storytelling comes from personal experience. Anything but your ordinary television sportscaster, David can’t wait to enlighten and entertain the World Grand Prix audiences. He also looks like he wants Francesco to win!
  • Source: Meet the Cars

Meet the Cars (2011, Jacque Villeneuve)

• As a handsome forest green 1963 Jaguar Coombs Lightweight E-Type, Jacques Villeneuve, originally from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, is a champion racer who has competed around the world for more than 20 years. Sharing his priceless knowledge and providing comic relief during broadcasts, Jacques hails from a family of champion racers and is only the third racer in history to win the CART Championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula One World Championship. His storytelling comes from a wealth of personal experience as he enlightens and entertains the World Grand Prix audiences. Now he runs in the NASCAR Championship.
  • Source: Meet the Cars, French version

Meet the Cars (2017)

• Originally from Royal Leamington Spa, England, David Hobbscap is a worldwide racing luminary. His thirty-year career in professional racing spans the globe as well as all types of motorsports. Now David shares that priceless knowledge as a race announcer who is well-known for providing come relief during broadcasts. A former champion with twenty starts at 24 Hours of Le Mans, his storytelling comes from personal experience.

Appearances

Feature Films

• Cars 2

Games

• Cars Daredevil Garage

Gallery

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  Cars 2 promo

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  Diecast (headset)artwork

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  David reporting in the World Grand Prix with Brent Mustangburger and Darrell Cartrip.

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  Diecast

• Diecast (headset)

  Diecast (headset)

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  2012 release with Shu Todoroki, Lightning McQueen, Francesco Bernoulli, Darrell Cartrip Brent Mustangburger and Max Schnell

• 2013 release (headset)

  2013 release (headset)

• 2016 die-cast release with Brent Mustangburger

  2016 die-cast release with Brent Mustangburger

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  Disney Store

Names in other languages

• Bulgarian: Дейвид Хобскап (transcription: Deĭvid Khobskap)
• Danish: Jens Vinterdæk
• French: Jacques Villeneuve
• Norwegian: Harald BredebilH
• Polish:
  • David Kołpak (Cars 2)
  • David Pendix-Bendix (Meet the Cars)
• Russian:
  • Дэвид Хоббскап (transcription: Devid Khobbskap)
  • Дэвид Хобскэп (transcription: Devid Khobskep)
• Swedish: David Topplock

Trivia

• David is based on the real life former British racing driver David Hobbs, who currently works as a commentator for Speed Channel.
• In both French dubs of Cars 2 (European and French-Canadian) David is voiced by (and renamed after) retired Formula One racer Jacques Villeneuve named Jacques Villeneuve, and says he is from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
• In the Danish version he is named Jens Vinterdæk after journalist Jens Winther Junior who was performing him.
• During the development of Cars 2, David was called Jaggy. A play-on the name Jaguar.
• David's most common die-cast release in the 1:55 scale line is him with a headset however, there is a variant of him without it but it is very rare as it was exclusively released in a Target 7-pack and hasn't been re-released since.
• In the Hungarian version of the film, David is voiced by Gábor Bazsó, who is one of the two founders of Totalcar, a Hungarian car magazine.