News Details
Villeneuve says Vettel's Hamilton swipe no "big issue"
Jacques Villeneuve has come out in defence of Sebastian Vettel after the German's lunge at Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan GP. Vettel swerved into Hamilton's Mercedes during a safety car restart in the Baku F1 race, believing he had been brake-tested by the Briton in the preceding corner. The Ferrari driver received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty, but many - Hamilton himself among them - insisted the sanction was not severe enough. Villeneuve, who 20 years ago was involved in a notorious collision with Michael Schumacher in the 1997 title finale at Jerez, said that incident - which led to Schumacher being excluded from the championship standings - was not similar to the Baku flare-up....
Full Story »
Full Story »
7y ago from Motorsport.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Hamilton says Vettel "disgraced himself"...
Lewis Hamilton has hit out at F1 World Championship rival Sebastian Vettel...
7y ago from Motorsport.com
Wolff wants to hear Vettel's side on Baku Hamilton...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says he wants to speak to Sebastian Vettel before...
7y ago from Motorsport.com
Vettel penalised after swerving into Hamilton under...
The gloves came off in the Formula 1 World Championship title fight in...
7y ago from Motorsport.com
Hamilton: Vettel was dangerous
Lewis Hamilton has criticised Sebastian Vettel's "driver...
7y ago from SkySports.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Jorge Martin pushing for early Aprilia exit;...
No description available...
9h ago from Motorsport.com
Mixed up weather leads to mixed up results: Winners...
No description available...
3h ago from Motorsport.com
Francesco Bagnaia laments "weekend to truly...
No description available...
5h ago from Motorsport.com
Harley-Davidson joins MotoGP race weekends in 2026
No description available...
8h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Alex Palou dominates IndyCar field, extends winning...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
IndyCar: Graham Rahal leaves Indy race yearning for...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Here are IndyCar’s Winners and Losers heading to the...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Tire strategy undoes Graham Rahal’s best win chance...
Graham Rahal started in second place for Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Martins Sesks working on expansion to 2025 WRC...
No description available...
7h ago from Motorsport.com
Discover the updated WRC 2027 rules presented to WRC...
No description available...
3d ago from Motorsport.com
Who is potential FIA presidential candidate Carlos...
No description available...
5d ago from Motorsport.com
Exclusive: Carlos Sainz Sr explains why “now is the...
No description available...
5d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Arsenal 'leading' Liverpool, Chelsea in race to sign...
Arsenal are reportedly leading Liverpool, Chelsea and Inter Milan in the...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk
Arsenal in talks to sign new striker with 2-man...
Arsenal are reportedly looking to sign strikers Viktor Gyokeres or...
23m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Arsenal could sign perfect £60m versatile forward...
With RB Leipzig failing to qualify for next season’s Champions League,...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com
Arsenal have two emergency Declan Rice replacements as...
The nature of Declan Rice's mystery injury is reportedly revealed, and...
7h ago from SportsMole.co.uk
Comments
Hottest News
Secret of McLaren ‘trick' may now have emerged
May 12 A Formula 1 expert thinks he might have... Read More »
8h ago from OneStopStrategy.com
Family first: Wolff to miss Imola for proud personal...
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff will not be... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com
Villeneuve: If Norris recovers pyschologically he’ll be...
In the past three Grands Prix, Lando Norris has... Read More »
53m ago from GrandPrix247.com
