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Villeneuve calls for changes to Safety Car rules

LONDON, Oct 06, 2014 (AFP) - Formula One must change its Safety Car protocol and make their deployment automatic with every crash, the 2007 world champion Jacques Villeneuve said on Monday. Canadian Villeneuve spoke out following Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix in which Frenchman Jule Bianchi of Marussia was involved in a life-threatening collision with a recovery vehicle while racing under yellow flags. The Safety Car was sent out only after Bianchi's accident, a decision that Villeneuve has criticised. He said: "The rules have to be changed concerning the safety car. When I was racing, and afterwards, I was always saying that any time there is an accident there...
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