SEBASTIAN VETTEL says he was “surprised” F1 chiefs have dropped the knee gesture from their pre-race programme. However, that has been ditched for this season with Vettel saying drivers were not even consulted on the move. When quizzed about the changes, he said: “No, they just changed. “I hope that as drivers, we find a way to get together and find a slot of still expressing topics that are important to us. “Probably not all the drivers care, but I think there’s some that really do care. “But probably it was getting a bit too strong and individual for the business side of things.”.

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