“There is no doubt in my mind, like Senna, Prost in those days. And think this is the beauty of the sport is to see these guys and who will make more or less mistakes.”
The Frenchman went on to give his verdict on whether or not he thought the 10-second penalty for Hamilton was a fair punishment after that crash at Silverstone, and his thoughts on Verstappen’s reaction to proceedings.
He said: “I’m old school, if I was Verstappen, I wouldn’t have said anything at all.
“I wouldn’t have told Hamilton what I’m thinking and just said ‘we’ll talk on the track’. But it’s easy to say.
“I think these penalties are too much and to be honest, I think it was a racing incident in my view, but who am I to judge?”