Villeneuve strikes again: 'He doesn't deserve a seat in F1'

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Jacques Villeneuve on Guanyu Zhou
17 August at 13:00
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  • Sandy van Wijngaarden

Jacques Villeneuve has made his opinion pretty clear about several drivers on the grid recently. According to him, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez would be better off looking elsewhere. Now he has named another driver who does not deserve a seat according to him.

During the Canadian Grand Prix, Jacques Villeneuve appeared on Sky Sports, and criticised Daniel Ricciardo heavily. The Australian was said to be well past his prime and should retire. In the end, this became a back-and-forth battle of words between the two.

'Zhou does not deserve a seat in Formula 1'

Guanyu Zhou does not currently have a contract for the upcoming F1 season. He currently drives for the Stake F1 Team, which will continue as Audi in 2026, but he is not a named that is often rumoured with the German's future project.

Villeneuve therefore does not have many good words to say about the Chinese. According to him, the bag of money is the only positive thing about signing the 25-year-old. ''Zhou has a big luggage of cash in his sponsors that he needs to put somewhere, whether that’s as an F1 driver or a reserve driver. Based on the results, Zhou doesn’t deserve a seat in F1. If a team can get all that sponsorship money that Zhou brings with him, even as a reserve drive, then it’s a great result for them,'' the one-time world champion said in conversation with Instantcasino.com.

This article was written in collaboration with Kada Sarkozi