F1 | Villeneuve harsh on Kubica: "he has won one race in his career, like Maldonado..."

It's a raging river Jacques Villeneuve. The former Canadian world champion has publicly expressed his disappointment about a possible return to Formula 1 by Robert Kubica. “I honestly don't understand” – said Villeneuve in an interview with F1nal-lap.be. “Who has ever had an offer to come back after six years of hiatus? Nobody. Also, in the last season of his career, he was fighting Petrov. He won a race (in Canada in 2008, ed.) like Maldonado, and what did he do after? We also add that today it is not 100%. Maybe cars have really become too easy to drive... "

Villeneuve then took things further: "If he hadn't had his problem, he would never have had a second chance. This strikes me! It's just a public relations thing and that bothers me because there are many other better drivers who deserve another opportunity. It's a difficult situation to digest. Even though it's great for him, he's lucky.".

An intolerance, that of Villeneuve towards Kubica, born in 2006: “He was our third driver when I was with Sauber BMW and, to be honest, it was unbearable. At the time it was unbearable." – thundered the Canadian. “In the paddock you have to show respect. You have to respect what others have done to respect the environment you work in”.

Federico Martino