Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 world champion, is also known for his expert opinion on certain issues in an extremely open and direct manner. He especially criticized Daniel Ricciardo from the Canadian phase of the championship and wondered: “Why is he still competing in Formula 1?” And the Australian was indeed fired from RB a few months later.
Now Villeneuve, who has repeatedly praised Max Verstappen’s racing skills and professionalism, has made it clear that Red Bull Racing is not making enough efforts to help the Dutchman defend his championship title.
In recent months, the team from Milton Keynes has clearly been losing ground, although at the beginning of this year it seemed that they should win this championship without any particular difficulties. However, after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the lead in the Constructors’ Championship passed to McLaren, and after victory in Singapore, Lando Norris reduced the gap to Verstappen to 52 points.
On the one hand, this is still a lot, on the other hand, there are still six stages ahead and the program of three of them includes sprint races, so it is quite possible to make up such a difference, especially if McLaren remains so happy.
Red Bull Racing claims it has clarified the reasons why the R20 car lost momentum against its rivals, and the American weekend in Austin will reveal whether Verstappen can perform at the level he was at in the first ten stages of the race. the season.
“This team says it knows what the problem is – in this case it is important to solve it,” Villeneuve said in an interview with Dutch publication Formula 1. “There is no doubt that they will address this and continue work in this direction. And Max won’t disappoint you.’
If Red Bull succeeds, Verstappen’s fans will still hear his signature phrase before the end of the season, which he says after a victorious finish: in the original it is “Simply Lovely!”, i.e. “Simply lovely!”
By the way, in May this year, the management of the three-time world champion filed an application with the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to acquire the rights to this phrase and register it as a trademark.
Even more remarkable is that, after a formal procedure, this agency published this application in the public domain at the end of August on relevant sources in Luxembourg and the Netherlands to check whether there were any claims from potential competitors.
Theoretically, it cannot be ruled out that someone would try to question Verstappen’s priority at this point, but as PlanetF1 reports, no such attempts have been registered since October 5.
Source: F1 News
I am Christopher Clyde, an experienced journalist and content writer with a passion for sports. I have been writing about Formula 1 news for the past five years and am currently employed as an author at athletistic.com, one of the top sports websites in the US.
