Former Canadian Formula One world champion Jacques Villeneuve has joined a long list of critics of how the Italian Grand Prix ended over the weekend as he announced the end of the race with the cars behind the safety car, which resonated with fans, drivers and teams alike. road.

Villeneuve blamed the race director for not making the decision to return the cars to the starting line and felt that the two alternatives to former race director Michael Massey had not done their job properly and made worse decisions.

Villeneuve expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of excitement on the tracks and the lack of strategic battles, and the need for an exciting and thrilling race between drivers, that’s the point of Formula One. The race should never end behind the safety car, the red flag could be hoisted and the cars behind went first…there was plenty of time and we had an exciting race over two laps.

This was evident when the fans booed the winner Max Verstappen.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner expressed dissatisfaction with the way the race ended and called for a similar scenario to be avoided in the future.