The days are over when Formula 1 drivers could stay out of political matters. “Before, drivers were seen as sportspeople where the position was ‘I am a sportsperson, I am not getting involved in politics’,” Wurz said. In the last two to three years those young people have suddenly come to the position that they should have an opinion and that they should also talk and express their opinions and deal with their responsibility for it.”. And even though the Jeddah boycott ultimately came to nothing, Wurz thinks the drivers are finally making their voices heard. “As they did so over the last few years, but now it is demanded of athletes.

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