News Details

Villeneuve: Verstappen should not have been punished

Article To news overview © Mercedes Jacques Villeneuve has criticised the penalty given to Max Verstappen for his collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix. The stewards handed Verstappen a three-place grid penalty for the Russian GP after the clash at Monza, which put both himself and Hamilton out of the running. Villeneuve believes that the punishment was awarded because Verstappen's wheel had gone over Hamilton's head, something he feels is a contradiction given that penalties are not usually based on consequences but on the actions themselves. "Max should not have been punished," Villeneuve told Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. "So many mistakes from...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Title war not ‘dirty' like Senna-Prost –...

Sep.14 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has moved to play down the...
4y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Villeneuve unhappy with Verstappen's punishment:...

While the British analysts mainly blame Max Verstappen for the crash with...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Verstappen favourite for world title: 'Hamilton was...

Jacques Villeneuve states that Max Verstappen is the big favourite for...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

JV: No Senna v Prost vibes to Hamilton v Verstappen

Jacques Villeneuve does not agree that Max Verstappen versus Lewis...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Toprak Razgatlioglu: MotoGP's newest superstar

On one fateful day, June 10, 2025, news finally broke that would mark one...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Tim Cindric returns to Penske in race strategist role

Team Penske has announced the strategist line-up for its 2026 IndyCar...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Enamoured Arteta driving £87m Arsenal move for...

Turkish International midfielder Arda Guler is a target for Arsenal at the...
55m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Real Madrid ready to cash in, 70m star sparks Arsenal...

Eduardo Camavinga could be on his way out of Real Madrid at the end of the...
15m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arteta wants £42m La Liga maestro to end...

Arsenal are keeping tabs on the development of the Villarreal midfielder...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Former Liverpool star names key area of game Arsenal's...

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has urged Arsenal superstar Declan...
4h 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.