News Details

Villeneuve calls for changes to Safety Car rules

LONDON, Oct 06, 2014 (AFP) - Formula One must change its Safety Car protocol and make their deployment automatic with every crash, the 2007 world champion Jacques Villeneuve said on Monday. Canadian Villeneuve spoke out following Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix in which Frenchman Jule Bianchi of Marussia was involved in a life-threatening collision with a recovery vehicle while racing under yellow flags. The Safety Car was sent out only after Bianchi's accident, a decision that Villeneuve has criticised. He said: "The rules have to be changed concerning the safety car. When I was racing, and afterwards, I was always saying that any time there is an accident there...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Photos – Bianchi crashed into recovery vehicle...

Photos – Bianchi crashed into recovery vehicle during Japanese...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Villeneuve wants Safety Car changes

– Ex-F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has called for the...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Bianchi suffered 'severe head injury' in Japanese...

style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; font-size: 11px; font-family:...
11y ago from F1Plus.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Can Aprilia dethrone Ducati in the 2026 MotoGP title...

The conclusion of the 2025 MotoGP season saw an unprecedented level of...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Aprilia Racing presents 2026 MotoGP livery

Aprilia Racing kicked off 2026 by unveiling its newest MotoGP livery in...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Long Beach to bring in new leadership for iconic event

Organizers of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach event have announced...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...

McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Competitive tension is no bad thing

Morning all, happy Friday to you. There's an early Mikel Arteta press...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Insider confirms Arsenal are ready to target summer...

Arsenal are preparing an audacious summer move for Newcastle United winger...
3m ago from CaughtOffside.com

'I didn’t think he had it in him' - Jimmy Floyd...

Former Chelsea hitman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has said that he had doubts...
15h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Berta eyes bold move, Arsenal poised to trump rivals...

Arsenal are very interested in signing the Rennes defender Jeremy Jacquet....
13h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.