Jacques Villeneuve slammed the race directors for the conservative way in which they handled they Safety Car at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix, more suitable for endurance racing, not Formula 1. The Safety Car (SC) was brought on lap 48 of 53 to remove Daniel Ricciardo's McLaren that grounded into a halt from the track, but the process took too much time and the race was finished behind the SC. Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 Champion, was not impressed in the manner by which the SC was managed as he reflected on a 'really horrible race' in his formule1.nl column. 'I thought the Italian Grand Prix was a really horrible race,' he said. 'I think it was especially sad for the tens of thousands of people...
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