For the first time in living memory, all current drivers are members of the official drivers' union, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA). In recent years a number of drivers have resolutely refused to join the union, among them Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen, but according to GPDA chairman Alex Wurz all current drivers are now members. The move will hopefully give the drivers more say, after all, as Pitpass has long pointed out, these are the men putting their lives on the line every second weekend, the men who know first-hand where the sport is missing out and where it can be improved. However, in the wake of the purchase of the sport by Liberty Media, which in some ways has...
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