Quebec-born race car driver Jacques Villeneuve's three-year marriage has ended.

Villeneuve says he divorced his parisian wife Johanna Martinez last month.

The pair have two children: two-and-a-half-year-old Jules and Joakim, who is 18-months-old.

Villeneuve didn't give a reason for the split but he says he and Martinez are still friends.

He says his main priorities now are raising his two sons and trying to make a return to Formula One racing.