Jacques Villeneuve defended Johnny Herbert, castigated by Jos Verstappen recently. Max's father had asked that former drivers who act as FIA commissioners not give their accounts in the media.
But, given the small number of ex-F1 drivers interested in the role of race commissioner, a weekend-only paid position that cuts off their sources of income for their consultancy work would make the role even more unbearable. , estimates Villeneuve, himself a consultant.
“I saw nothing wrong from Herbert and, as far as I know, the rules were followed in Mexico.”
“They do the commissioner’s work for free, so Jos can’t ask a consultant to give up his job to do something for free.”
“You wouldn't have any commissioners at all! Either you have paid commissioners, and they do it full time like in most other sports.”
“Either you will always have a problem. It's not always easy to be completely neutral. It's as simple as that. But the rules are poorly written, that's the first problem.”
