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Formula 1 drivers' union gets '100%' membership due to concerns over future

Formula 1 drivers have unanimously signed up to their union because of concerns over the future of the sport. Alexander Wurz, chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, said the organisation had 100% membership "for maybe the first time in history". Wurz said all drivers had now joined the GPDA because "F1 is entering a period of evolution, change and perhaps even a degree of turmoil. "They recognise they must be united and represented to face that challenge." World champions Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen were among those who had not officially joined the GPDA in recent years. Wurz, a former F1 driver for the Benetton, McLaren and Williams, said the...
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