Gilles Villeneuve had the ability to fully control the car while it was doing a 360 degrees spin.
This is a video of him doing some tests at Fiorano in 1977.
And this is him in Zandvoort 1979, for example, while he was leading during a race.
Obviously he had to cool the brakes, the mechanics said that compared to those of the others his brake pedal was gigantic.
Keep in mind... back then if the car crashed into the guard rail this was what most likely would have happened.
Drivers turned off the power from the steering wheel to prevent that from happening.
Gilles Villeneuve bravery and skills were simply outstanding. But maybe he didn't found anything else in life that brought him real joy other than racing...