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Villeneuve: F1 lacking 'grit' of previous eras
Former Formula 1 driver and world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that the current F1 product lacks the 'grit' of seasons in the past, and believes it can be fixed by finding the correct balance between excitement and speed, and the safety of the drivers. Villeneuve, the son of legendary driver Gilles Villeneuve who tragically died during a race in 1982, has pointed to his own era of racing in the nineties and noughties as a time when the drivers felt completely safe even though the cars were traveling at an extreme pace. “My era was better because there was still some grit. It was still human," the Canadian said. "But it was safe enough that if you got in a...
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