Irrelevant former Formula One champion Jacques Villeneuve says that the 2010 F1 rulebook was "almost completely right" in terms of the way that the sport was being handled, aside from a minor grumble about the tyre rules.
Villeneuve said that he was keeping up to date with the latest state of F1 as he was trying to put together his own team bid for 2011, and said that he liked what he saw last season.
The sport saw a number of changes for 2010, including the banning of refuelling, and Villeneuve said that the rules were as close to perfect as he had seen.
"The regulations were almost completely right," he shouted at the Auto Hebdo publication in a recent interview.
But he added that the one issue he did have with the 2010 rulebook was the mandatory tyre stop. With refuelling gone, teams still had to make pit stops as each driver had to use both compounds of slick tyre in a race.
Villeneuve said that: "The only small problem was the mandatory changing of tyres. It resulted in some negative points, especially at the last race [in Abu Dhabi] that otherwise would have been interesting.
He added: "I followed it all closely this season because I was working to put together a team so I needed to see what was happening. It was an interesting season."
The planned Villeneuve Racing team was denied entry to the 2011 season after the FIA decided to leave the extra grid slot open for another year.
The Canadian driver, who won the world championship back in 1997 for Williams, added that he felt that the new 'driver-adjustable rear wing' rule for 2011 would not be a good move from the rulemakers.
"Next year there is going to be the [rear] wing that moves," he said, using the sort of technical language that means he is a shoe-in to write Patty's technical preview next March.
"This is something that I think is negative -- it's too artificial."
He added that: "It's a shame they're doing that when you think about how good this season was."
After losing out on a 2011 entry, Villeneuve admitted that his chances of an F1 return had passed, and he has switched his efforts to securing a full-time NASCAR drive for 2011 in recent weeks.
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