Jacques Villenueve has lambasted McLaren ove🅘r their team orders philosophy claiming “it 🍌doesn’t sound like they want to win”.

This weekend’s F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will see McLaren introduce a new policy of trying to support 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris’ cha💮mpionship bid by prioritising him above Oscar Piastri.

Previously, they had proudly stated that ‘papaya rꦏules’ dictate they treat both drivers꧒ as equals.

Team princﷺipal Andrea Stella has explained in Baku: “We are incredibly determined to win, but we want to win in the 💜right way.

"We [will] bias o🌱ur support to L꧟ando but we want to do it without too much compromise on our principles.”

Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 champion, reacted to Sky Sports: “I guess it starts with ‘pa𝔍paya’ - that doesn’t sound very tough, does it?

“I don’t want to be demeaning. I am trying to find the right words. But I find it a little bit patheti♊c…

“This is F1, it’s the pinnacle!

“If I was a McLaren fan, I’d be upset. Do they really want to win💛? Do they care? It doesn’t sound like they want to win.

“It’s beautiful ღbut that’s not F1. You are here to win, that’s all th🐼at matters.

“Lando got the better of Piastri for the first half of the season, he’s the one with a cha♊nce to win. You play it by that rule.

“I really fail to understand this concept of ‘✨this is how we work, we are happier to finish second than to win…’

“It is weird.”

'Psychologically Lando lost momentum'

Norris is 62 point𝓀s behind Verstappen in the drivers’ standings.

That deficit might have been closer had Piastri🍌 not overtaken Norris🀅 at Monza last time out when ‘papaya rules’ were in force.

Karun Chandhok said about the new team orders: “Lando started the season🍰 more strongly and bagged points early on.

“I am an Oscar fan, he’s a tremendous𒈔 talent. He might be ♓their championship contender next year.

“Here an🧸d now, they’ve got a chance to win both championships but they need to back Lando.

“I think it’s come late.”

Asked when McLaren should have started prior꧙itising 🍒Norris, Villeneuve chimed in: “Hungary!”

Chandhok said: “Mids🌼eason. He was 84 points behind Max at that point bu❀t you could see the momentum shifting.

“Twelve♚ races,🎃 midway point, sorry Oscar you’re now banking the points to support [Lando].

“There aꦰre a lot of ‘ifs’ which could have put more points in Lando’s account.”

Villeneuve was asked if🍰 Norris is still a serious championship contender.

“Psychologically Lando has lost momentu🍒m,” he answered.

“H♛e know🎉s that he has won’t be helped like he should be.

“Even if he’s quicker, there might be a move, like in Monza, where he doesn’t over-defend and he tries to avoid. If it was a different driver, other than his teammate, next to him in that chicane, he would not have gotten out of shape. They might have bang𒈔ed wheels, that’s it. Because it was his teammate, he wasn’t aggressive, and that lost them the 1-2.”

Villeneuve has also been critical of how Norris and Piastri have publicly discussed the team’s new rule💦s.

He claims that the resolution should have been: “They should simply say ‘itও🧔’s in the contract, we can’t do anything’.

“Tha💯t would be better than a 30-minute explanation about values! No, it’s F1,🍰 you are there to win.”