Jacques Villeneuve has always had a freedom of speech in Formula 1 that often delighted journalists while he was still competing. Now working as a Grand Prix commentator for the encrypted channel Canal +<\/i>, the 1997 world champion has not lost this habit.<\/p>\n
He recently expressed frustration over the lack of rivalries among current drivers. The good relationship displayed by the Mercedes drivers, for example, doesn’t seem to suit him: \u00ab You need rivalries. Now it’s like: ‘We all love each other.’ When two teammates are on the podium and the one in second place says he’s happy to have been beaten by his teammate – I’m sorry, but I don’t believe it. It’s just for show. He wants to be politically correct and it’s terrible. I don’t think fans like that. What does it mean? Don’t fight for what you want. It’s a terrible message. What you want to see are rivalries and battles. Guys angry about not winning. That’s what’s missing right now and I don’t know why it has disappeared. \u00bb<\/p>\n
For the former Williams driver, current drivers frankly lack character and personality. He remembers his fierce battles with Michael Schumacher that highlighted the sport in the mid-90s: “That’s what makes people love or hate you. But you leave no one indifferent. People want to see a good show, but they’re interested if there are heroes. If you don’t have that, it becomes boring. It becomes something normal and not special.”<\/p>\n
Villeneuve will participate this weekend in the Indianapolis 500 for which he qualified in 27th position. An experience that might well be repeated according to the Canadian driver: \u00ab I really want to focus on finding a full-time drive in a professional category next year. A full season in IndyCar, why not? The series is interesting again. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For Jacques Villeneuve, Formula 1 currently is a bit too smooth. The intense rivalries are missing from the competition, and the current Grand Prix commentator would like to see more drivers with strong personalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":39456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[657,1249],"class_list":["post-15468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-jacques-villeneuve","tag-polemique"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n