News Details

Villeneuve: Schumacher had total disrespect for other drivers

Jacques Villeneuve has blamed Michael Schumacher for the do-or-die driving that prevails in racing in this era where drivers have scant respect for one another. The 1997 Formula 1 World Champion, known to drive anything with wheels on, was at Knutsdorp in Sweden guest driving on the local Porsche Cup series when he opened up to Expressen with regards to his former rival and his own racing journey. Asked if he felt Schumacher crossed the border of sportsmanship, Villeneuve replied, 'Yes, yes, because it was a total disrespect for other drivers and what racing is all about.' 'He started an era where now everyone does it. Looking at what people do in Formula 2 and Formula 3, it's weird that...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Schumacher created era of disrespect - Villeneuve

Outspoken Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve says former rival Michael...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Villeneuve on "lack of respect" from...

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve has insisted his former on-track...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Villeneuve believes Ferrari could "burn"...

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes Mick Schumacher could...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Leclerc having negative impact on Ferrari, says...

Charles Leclerc's popularity is causing a problem for Sebastian Vettel and...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez tops mid-season Jerez MotoGP test

Ducati’s Marc Marquez responded to his crash at the MotoGP Spanish...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Marquez: ‘without Marc Marquez I was the...

Alex Marquez admitted he knew ‘it was his day’ to win his first...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou tops busy final Indy 500 test day

The NTT IndyCar Series wrapped up a two day test session on Thursday,...

Larson, Sato crash in high-boost Indy 500 test session

The second day of IndyCar’s Indy 500 open test opened with qualifying...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Toyota Gazoo Racing's silver lining

Toyota Gazoo Racing has a silver lining, literally. Not content with a...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

PSG preview: Solid foundations the platform for...

Morning all. Today could be a long day as we wait for tonight's Champions...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

“It’s very hard to choose between the two” -...

Nedum Onuoha has backed Arsenal to win the Champions League this season...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal’s Declan Rice turns sights to winning...

l Madrid could not live with his relentlessness but how will Rice fare...
1h ago from TheGuardian.com

“They’ve had Neymar, Mbappe, Messi. But it seems...

Former Bayern Munich star Bastian Schweinsteiger has called PSG manager...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.