From GMM
Jacques Villeneuve is tipping a strong race for the McLaren team in Montreal this weekend and is saying about the Turkish grand prix "drivers are drivers". The 1997 world champion will be at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, whose layout is named after his late and revered father. "I really love this track and I think the cars equipped with the F-duct should have a good performance," Jacques Villeneuve, 39, is quoted in a column at rds.ca. "It is a circuit requiring low downforce and with low speed corners, which I think will suit McLaren. But we must not forget about Red Bull, whose qualifying this year has been monumental," added the French Canadian. The Red Bulls have indeed monopolised pole position so far in 2010, and for the past couple of months have been the standout favourites for grand prix victories. But Turkey two weeks ago showed that McLaren's MP4-25 is stepping up to the pace of the RB6, and combined with the Mercedes engine and the F-duct, the British team might now be seen as the favourite for the Montreal win. Jacques Villeneuve has become the latest pundit to comment on the crash between the Red Bull cars at the recent Turkish grand prix. The aftermath of Sebastian Vettel's clash with Mark Webber was highly controversial, as most outsiders initially blamed Vettel but Red Bull chiefs pointed the finger at Australian Webber. The latest twist is that Mateschitz's right-hand man Dr Helmut Marko says the pair are still free to race, but must not stridently resist each other's advances. "Both cars were out in the lead, but drivers are drivers and it is always difficult for one to give 110 per cent while the other does not," Jacques Villeneuve wrote in a column for rds.ca. "After the race, the reaction of the team seemed strange -- to assign fault to someone so quickly and categorically. But you never know what really happened when you've looked at the situation from the outside as I did," added the 39-year-old French Canadian.
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