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Jacques Villeneuve

Jacques Villeneuve hands Kimi Antonelli scathing criticism after Dutch GP disaster

Kimi Antonelli has come in for scathing criticism from 1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve.

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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."

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