JV: Michael still needs to explain himself.

Jacques Villeneuve is one of many drivers awaiting a showdown with Michael Schumacher at Friday's GPDA meeting at Silverstone, which is due to follow straight on from the official FIA drivers' briefing.

However, the Canadian doesn't expect any great revelations from the seven-time champion, who had an infamous collision with Villeneuve's Williams during their title showdown at Jerez in 1997.

"I haven't seen many of the other drivers, so I think we're all waiting for the GPDA meeting so we can discuss it behind closed doors," the BMW Sauber driver said, "I don't see what kind of explanation you can get, apart from 'I cocked up, I'm sorry, it was stupid of me'. That's the only thing that can be said."

Villeneuve still says that he still can't believe what he saw from Schumacher in qualifying at Monaco two weeks ago.

"I'm still amazed, I find it unbelievable," he admitted, "But we all have a different psychological make-up, so you can't expect everybody to react the same way you would. Sometimes, you see someone do something and you think there's no way someone would have done that, but actually, yes, people do do things that you would never do yourself. That's just life.

"I have no idea what will happen in the meeting. But I can't imagine any plausible explanation. Sometimes, in life, you just have to bite the bullet and admit that you've been an idiot.

"Everybody makes mistakes at critical moments, but then you have to be big enough to just say 'sorry guys, that was really stupid of me, it was embarrassing, and life carries on'. If you try to make people believe that you actually didn't do it on purpose, then you just look like a tw*t. So I can't imagine an explanation."

Villeneuve also gave some weight to suggestions that the drivers no longer view Schumacher as the right man to represent them in the GPDA.

"I can only give a personal opinion but, personally, I'm not happy that someone could run the GPDA and act like that," he insisted, "But that's my personal opinion, I haven't discussed it with any other driver. Any discussion that will take place amongst other drivers will be kept behind closed doors."