Villeneuve on the case of Renault: Racing Point with a cheap move

Renault lost sixth (Daniel Ricciardo) and tenth (Nico Hülkenberg) place in the race for GP of Japan, because guardians of rules from the FIA are both race cars due to the use of an unauthorized aid disqualified. Former Formula 1 racer Jacques Villeneuvewho is known to speak no hair on the tongue, this case really made me angry. “What is most controversial to me is how this punishment was handled. This system has been around for a long time. If a race car has always been recognized as legal, then you cannot declare it controversial later. Whether legal or illegal, the end of the story,”So Canadian.

Due to the protest of the Racing Point team after the race for the Grand Prix of Japan, the FIA ​​disqualified both racers of the Renault team, who were left without points - Photo: Hasan Bratić-HB Press

Team boss Cyril Abiteboul admitted that Renault this the system has been in use since 2018. “Normally, the FIO would ask to issue a technical guideline or talk to us directly, not in the race and not through the commissioners,”The Frenchman fired a poisonous arrow in the direction of the Racing Point team. Because it was all started by Renault's rival, the team Racing Point, who filed after the race in Japan a twelve-page-long official protest.

According to the Canadian, the way the Racing Point team acted in this case was very cheap, but he believes that one day it will return soap for dear life - Photo: Bojan Vrbnjak

Also Jacques Villeneuve is critical of the way it is Racing Point protested. “All the teams knew that this system had been around for a long time. Because of this, the way Racing Point in Suzuki searched for points was very cheap," so Canadianwho believes: "I think it will come back to them someday, because there are certain ways in which teams should not treat each other."            

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