Leclerc should take a leaf out of Verstappen's book: 'This won't happen to him'.

Charles Leclerc led the French Grand Prix and held off Max Verstappen, but an incomprehensible error sent him into the tyre pile. Jacques Villeneuve therefore wonders if Leclerc is already ready for the title fight, he wrote for Formule1.com.

Verstappen tried to get past Leclerc right from the start. The Ferrari driver put up a good fight and managed to hold his place. However, on turning into a corner, he lost grip of his car and ended up crashing into the wall.

"That's the big difference with Verstappen: this doesn't happen to him," Villeneuve commented. "And if he is beaten by Leclerc, he often ends up second after all. So that huge gap is not going to shrink any time soon. And so we have a championship with two more or less equal cars, but where one has a big lead. It is the best example of how you will not win a championship."

Villeneuve thinks Leclerc's mistake is a shame

The '97 World Champion finds it incomprehensible that Leclerc made the crucial mistake, despite being able to hold on during the race weekend in Austria. In all other areas Leclerc and Verstappen were equal in France, he says.