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Two former Formula One drivers have slammed the sport's tendency to begin wet races behind the safety car in the wake of the controversial British Grand Prix which started behind the safety car after a sudden downpour minutes before the race.
Despite the majority of the paddock agreeing that last Sunday's safety car period went on for too long most drivers though that it was the right decision, much to VIlleneuve's disgust.
Both Gerhard Berger and 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve
"What do you expect?" he said. "Most of them are still babies. If we want to excite the fans of tomorrow, we need heroes. Idols they can look up to and want to copy."
"But what they see today are drivers who earn millions but are cowards hiding behind a safety car," he continued. "What makes a grand prix driver so special is no longer coming through."
Berger agreed, telling Auto Bild: "If it suddenly rains on the highway, a normal driver doesn't stop driving. He simply adapts to the situation."
Villeneuve also against Rosberg penalty
Villeneuve also attacked the FIA stewards' decision to penalise Nico Rosberg for the radio infringements after the race, a decision which dropped him from second to third in the final finishing order.
"The formula one governing body would annul the result of a football match because a corner flag is found to be five millimetres higher than the rest," he joked.
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