Jacques Villeneuve has criticised Carlos Sainz for letting his mistake at the Canadian Grand Prix also end the race of Alex Albon.
Sainz failed to finish in Montreal as he lost grip from his slick tyres when they touched a wet kerb on the drying Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The Ferrari span around and rolled backwards into the Williams of Albon as he tried to move past.
The damage caused to both cars was enough to force them to retire from the race. And the Spaniard was the first to hold his hands up and admit it was his fault - and send an apology to Albon.
He said: "It was a driver mistake. I was starting to take some risks because I could see that in the dry we were a little bit more competitive and there was the chance for points if I took some risks and overtook some cars in DRS trains. But I ended up paying the price.
"Sorry to the team and to Albon. We have work to do ahead of Spain to understand what has happened this weekend and make sure we don't find ourselves again in this situation in the upcoming races. We move on."
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For 1997 F1 champion Villeneuve, the worst part of the incident was not the spin but the fact Sainz took his foot off the brakes and allowed his Ferrari to roll into the path of Albon's car. "Sainz spins and then lets go of the brakes, something you never, ever do and he collected Albon," bemoaned the exasperated Canadian as he analysed the incident on Sky Sports.
It may be the case that Sainz inadvertently took out the man who will be his Formula 1 team-mate next year. The 29-year-old insists he has yet to decide where his new home will be when he leaves Ferrari at the end of the season, but Williams have now gone public with their desire to replace Logan Sargeant with the Spaniard.
James Vowles wants to convince Carlos Sainz to join Williams (Getty Images)Team principal James Vowles said in Montreal that Sainz is his "number one" target for the seat alongside Albon next year. In response, the Ferrari driver said he was flattered by the praise heaped upon him by the Williams boss, but won't be speeding up his decision.
He said: "I appreciate James' interest and kind words that he has always towards me. The same can be said about how I feel towards him and his team. But the reality is that I haven't made up my mind yet about where I'm going to go next year because, as I said in the press conference the other day, I'm too focused. Right now, my head is too focused on every weekend that we're doing.
"Weekend in, weekend out, I'm fighting for podiums or wins. So it's very difficult to put your mind in the future when you have such an important weekend coming up all the time. I'm going to need some time to sit down with my management, with myself, have a conversation with myself and then decide where I want to go. But right now, there's nothing decided."
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