Jacques Villeneuve says Ferrari were hit by "karma" during Russian Grand Prix

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16:16, 29 Sep 2019

Jacques Villeneuve says that "karma punished" Ferrari following Sebastian Vettel's retirement and Lewis Hamilton's subsequent victory at Sunday's Russian Grand Prix.

Ferrari had a plan to use Charles Leclerc for slipstream to make themselves first and second on the first lap in Sochi, but it went wrong as Vettel managed to take the lead and pull away, against their plan.

The team asked Vettel to give up the position, and pitted him a few laps after Leclerc to allow the Monegasque through, before the German suffered his MGU-K issue.

The 1997 world champion said on Sky Sports' Italian coverage: “I didn’t like how Ferrari managed the strategy.

“They didn’t have to tell Vettel immediately to give the place back and then they spent the rest of the race thinking about how to get Leclerc back out in front and then karma punished them.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	90
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	60
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	29
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	26
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	26
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	13
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Jacques Villeneuve says Ferrari were hit by "karma" during Russian Grand Prix

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