The GPDA represents the 20 F1 drivers and the controversy in Saudi Arabia was, for Wurz, indicative of the sea change in the attitude of his members and across sport as a whole that has taken place recently. The Saudi GP was already a source of unease for drivers because of the state’s terrible human rights record. Wurz admired the way they acted collectively in Saudi Arabia but was not surprised that they did so.

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