1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve didn’t take any satisfaction in being proven right about his criticism of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo following the latter’s axing.

Ricciardo was dropped by RB after the Si꧂ngapore Grand Prix following another difficult 🍸weekend.

The decision to ditch him mid-season effectively ended Ricciardo’s F1 🦩career, with the driver since confirming he has zero interest in returning to the sport with🐼 Cadillac.

Villeneuve was a vocal critic o🥃f Ricciardo, particularly during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend.

On duty🦋 as a pundit for Sky Sports F1 in ꦇMontreal, Villeneuve questioned why Ricciardo was still competing in the sport.

The former Williams driver said: “Why’s he still iꦍn F1?🧔 Why?

“We are hearing the same thing now for the last four or five years. ‘We have to make the car better for him.’ Soꦯrry, it’s been five years of that. No, you are in F1.

“Mayﷺbe you make that effort for Lewis Hamilton, who’s won multiple championships. You don’t make that effort for a driver who can’t cut it.

“If you can’t cut it, go home, t🃏here’s someone else to take your p𒆙lace. That’s how it’s always been in racing; it’s the pinnacle of the sport.

“There’s no reason to keep going and to keep finding excuses. And you all talk about that first season or first two seasons—he was beating a Vettel that was burnt out, that was trying to invent things with the car to go win and just makin𒐪g a mess of his weekends.

“Then he was beating, for half a season, Verstappen when Verstappen was 18 yea🐻rs old, just st⭕arting—that was it. He stopped beating anyone after that.”

Ricciardo hit back at the Canadian later in the weekend, admitting ꦓhe was disappointed by the criticism, particularly as Villeneuve was a successful F1 driver himself and should empathise with the situation.

However, Ricciardo’s form didn’t improve, and Liam Lawson𝓀 ultimately took his place alongside Yuki Tsunoda for the remainder of the season.

Villeneuve reflects on Ricciardo criticism

With Ricciardo’s F🌃1 career now over, Villeneuve’s criticism appeared justified.

Howev𒆙er, Villeneuve doesn’t view the end o♈f Ricciardo’s time in F1 as vindication for his comments.

“It never crossed my mind that I wanted to be proven right. It got a lot o🌳f reaction, a lot of negative and some pos𝓡itive,” he told .

“It got💎 a lot of people discussing the subject op🃏enly. It's not a question of destroying someone, but you have to look at reality. I think people realised, ‘Okay, Jacques has a fair point, let’s discuss it in depth,’ and that happened. That’s what I’m happy about.

“My feelings wouldn’t be any different if Daniel Ricciardo stayed at Red Bull. I’m not saying, ‘Oh, I’m happy now he’s left F1.’ I’m just glad to have brought reality to th🧔e fore.

“Daniel still has a great image and a great career; it hasn’t done him any damage.🔜 It was just a conversation about the racing industry, which has got a bit sidetracked about wha🧜t is important. It was a case of saying what everybody was thinking. It’s not about me feeling vindicated about him being out of F1 or not.

“When you do punditry, you just try to talk about what is pertinent. It doesn’t mean you’re right, and it’s hard to be neutral, no matter how hard you try. We all have feelings which come out. You want to make sure you give enough food for thought and enough material to make sure discussions happen. Th🅠at’s what I’m glad about.”