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Hamilton, Norris shout down Villeneuve over Hubert comments

Lewis Hamilton was among those to dismiss Jacques Villeneuve's latest incendiary claims about modern Formula 1. Villeneuve, as outspoken as any former F1 driver, said that younger driver's increased use of simulators had desensitised them to the dangers of driving. Article continues under video The 1997 world champion was speaking after Anthoine Hubert was killed in a crash at Formula 2's feature race in Belgium. Hamilton sees no correlation between the rise in the use of simulators and the tragedy which befell Hubert, and was dismissive of many of Villeneuve's comments as a whole. Hamilton said: "I don't really agree with a lot of the opinions of that individual and I don't know if...
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