F1 | Villeneuve: “It was a good fight between Hamilton and Vettel”

"L 'hug between Vettel and Hamilton I liked it, it means that there is respect between the two. It was a good fight." Jacques Villeneuve thus comments on the conclusion of the World Championship duel between the German and the Englishman, which saw the latter triumph thanks to the outcome of the Mexican GP.

Five titles for Hamilton, four for Vettel. An overtaking that will certainly be part of the reasons that led Seb to say he was disappointed and empty, but which will have to become the right motivation for 2019. Determination that Hamilton has strongly demonstrated over a season in which his single-seater was equal to that of the Red and where the drivers' choices and errors made the difference.

The next World Championship will be played precisely on this and Vettel will have to demonstrate that he has a cool head, as Villeneuve claims: "Vettel should have driven in the other races as he did in Mexico. Quiet start, then aggressive when needed, and calm when needed. Next year he will have to drive like this."

Finally, a comment on the Mexican race, which did not exalt the Canadian: “It is stata one of the ugliest races, between tires that didn't hold up and cars that went at two an hour. It wasn't Formula 1 like tires were destroyed every two or three laps, they weren't going at the pace of a Formula 1."