01/09/2025 09:15
Jacques Villeneuve has handed Kimi Antonelli scathing criticism
following his disastrous Dutch Grand Prix. Running in the points,
Antonelli collided with Charles Leclerc at Zandvoort, eliminating
the Ferrari driver, and earning himself a standard 10-second time
penalty. However, he ws then caught speeding in the pit-lane,
earning a further five seconds, dropping from sixth on the road to
16th in the final results. The Italian then endured atrocities
triple whammy penalty with the stewards handing him two penalty
points for the Leclerc collision, as 1997 champion Villeneuve
wondered whether Antonelli was good enough for F1. "It was very
poor, it was a move you might see in Formula 4, Formula 3 from a
driver who doesn't have the experience," Villeneuve told Sky Sports
F1. "It was not calculated the way it should be, and when you are
in F1, you will make mistakes and driving to your limit, but it was
not even that. "It was just badly calculated, he shouldn't have
done it, and then he got all riled up and then did the [pit-lane]
speed limit as well. "Maybe F1 is just too much for him."
Villeneuve was then questioned by presenter Simon Lazenby about Max
Verstappen entering F1 at just 17 years old compared to Antonelli
who is 19, but this was rebuffed by the Canadian. "No, he is in
Formula 1. What age was Max when he arrived in F1, how old was
Lewis? So, that is not a good excuse. "He was two car lengths
behind, and on what planet did he think that it would stick, that
it would work out? "Everyone knows that when you go down the inside
like this at this track, it doesn't work. "It was just poor
calculation and he should be better than that in F1." Fellow pundit
Naomi Schiff then defended Antonelli's age by using the Verstappen
comparison before Villeneuve again shut it down. "Hold on, I'll add
something to that," he said. "Max was driving over the limit, but
was wasn't four-tenths off, he was on the pace."
