Villeneuve sees 'writing is on the wall' for Doohan at Alpine

Seven minutes into the session, Jack Doohan lost control of his car in Turn 1, and crashed into the barrier, causing the first red flag during the second 60 minutes of the day. The driver's DRS was still open as he entered the corner, as there is no braking in that corner, it would have had to been closed manually. Luckily, the Australian was OK after the incident.

"The problem is he's known before the first race that he probably would not finish this season," Villeneuve began after FP2 on Sky Sports.

The Canadian sees that the pressure on Doohan's shoulders only leads to more mistakes, as he desperately tries to show his talent to Alpine and Flavio Briatore. Villeneuve also competed for Renault under the Italian's leadership during three Grands Prix in the 2004 season.

He concluded: "It's really not comfortable and when the driver is in that situation, even psychologically, the driving will not be natural and small mistakes will start happening."