Piastri pulled a 'nasty' move on Norris causing Canadian Grand Prix crash

17:21, 16 Jun

Updated: 17:24, 16 Jun

bySavannah Lenz

Speaking to his Instagram followers, Jacques Villeneuve debriefed the Canadian Grand Prix on his story. It was there that he called Oscar Piastri’s move ‘nasty’.

In his Instagram story, Villeneuve is still at the circuit named after his father, Gilles. Using the paddock as his background, he said, "Montreal Grand Prix over and a great podium for Antonelli. He needed it after the last three races that were difficult.”

Antonelli’s triple header was disastrous with no point finishes in any of the races.

Villeneuve continued, “Now he’ll get a little bit more confidence, that will be great for him.”

The former F1 driver then gives his opinion about how the actual race went.

Piastri pulls a 'nasty' move

“What could have been, should have been an exciting race, turned into a not-so-exciting race.”

He said, “Also, at the end of the race, the rules allow for a red flag so we can have a new start for a two-lap sprint, always exciting, and they decided to have a boring safety car finish, too bad.”

“It was mainly a race of attrition on the tyres basically, they were all massaging the tyres instead of pushing hard. Sainz got a point, a good recovery, but then the clash between the two McLaren drivers, it's easy to point the finger at Norris.”

On lap 67, Norris crashed after attempting to battle Piastri for fourth place. Villenueve called out Piastri

“He realised too late that Piastri was moving towards the left because he had his nose in the gearbox of Piastri; he didn’t realise it, and Piastri was edging gradually towards the left. He’s not supposed to be doing that; it was a little bit nasty, so there will be some talks later inside the team.”