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Villeneuve: Most Formula 1 drivers are still babies

Two former grand prix winners are leading the criticism of Formula 1's new tendency to start any wet race behind the safety car, with outspoken Jacques Villeneuve labeling the current batch of drivers as babies. The issue has arisen after the British grand prix, where spectators last Sunday were deprived of a normal start from the grid following a pre-race rain shower. 'If it suddenly rains on the highway, a normal driver doesn't stop driving,' former Ferrari and McLaren driver Gerhard Berger told Auto Bild. 'He simply adapts to the situation.' However, whilst arguing that the Silverstone safety car period went on for too long, many drivers actually back F1's new approach to wet races....
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