Jacques Villeneuve takes aim at Lando Norris for “cracking under pressure” in Bahrain

“Piastri, master of the weekend, controlled qualifying, controlled the race, mostly with his te🅰ammate showing signs of cracking under pressure.”

Lando Norris
Lando Norris

1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has accused168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris of “cracking under theꦍ pressure” fo♒llowing an error-strewn Bahrain Grand Prix.

Norris finished third in Bahrain, 16.2s behind McLaren F1 teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri, who won the race.

It was a weekend full of errors for Norris, who could only qualify sixth afꦆter making a mistake on the exit of𓂃 Turn 1 during his final lap in Q3.

Norris misjudged his starting position at the🐷 beginning 💛of the race, picking up a five-second time penalty for a “false start”.

He then showed weak race craft against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, getting stuck behind the Ferrari driver, which ultimately stopped him from getting ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell for second.

Norris still♓ leads the F1 drivers’ standings, three points ahead of Piastri, heading int♔o this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Vil💙leneuve shared his view of the race on his Instagram account and was critical of Norris’s display.

“Very different race to Suzuka, well there, they had to do tyre management, today, we had to do lots of pit stops, but surprౠisingly the soft tyres were the good one🌞s,” he said.

“Piastri, mওaster of the weekend, controlled qualifying, controlled the race♎, mostly with his teammate showing signs of cracking under pressure.

“It s🍌eems to be the story of the season, little mistakes here and there, they’re costly, but he managed to salvage the lead of the championship, but he has to pay attention now because Piastr🌳i is not far behind.”

Red Bull struggles “a trend for the rest of the season”

Red Bull st൲ruggled for pace all weekend in Bahrain.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen could only finish sixth after overtaking Alpine’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Pierre Gasly on the final lap.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda scored his first points for the team bu🤡t was only ninth in the end.

Villeneuve feels that Red Bull’s poo🅷r performance relative to Suzuka could be a “trend for the rest of the season”.

“Russell, always scoring good points, he’ܫs not far [behind], very discreetly,” he added.

“Verstappen showed thﷺe limit of his car, they werꦰe hard conditions, completely different to Suzuka, it was tough, and that’s probably a trend for the rest of the season.

“But he showed early in the race that the hard tyre didn’t work, it was an awful tyre, and some drivers and teams put it on a🔯fter the safety car.

“I’m not sure why because the𒀰y were looking at the same results as us, and it w♊as there, the message was there about the tyres.”

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