Grand Prix Drivers' Association

Secondly, it is, as I said, this is the same with every single sport.

And I think this is the difference between MotoGP and F1 because I think the F1 Drivers Association is quite old, 20 or 30 years old.

It happened a long time before in a much earlier era where there was a lot less pressure on it when it was a very different sport.

Jackie Stewart, wasn't it, who set it up? Yeah.

Now, this is, uh, apparently a col- collaboration with Alexander Wurz and his Wurz design company.

Now, Alex Wurz, Formula F1 driver, head of the GPDA, and a very well-known chap in Formula One circles.

He, Alexander Wurz, that is, is currently working with Tilke Engineering on the Qiddiya Speed Park circuit in Saudi Arabia.

That's that alternative to the current Saudi Arabian circuit at Jeddah, Corniche.

One more comment.

I feel like the GDPA, the GPDA, obviously the Grand Prix Drivers Association, the Association for the Drivers, needs to do something about this.

This feels like a union issue.

That's an interesting point.

Does it deserve a race ban on the other side? I am less sure.

I think the bit that's interesting to me and where Obviously, we don't always hear this, but there's obviously the GPDA and the drivers communicate a lot.

Max and George, both in their post-race press conference and Isak, all mentioned that it doesn't deserve a race ban because of how tricky these cars are to manage.

I saw George briefly after the race.

So I wouldn't change it, but I do think that there's, This is one of those situations where what drivers have to say should be taken more on board, I think.

It's where there should be bigger discussions about whether drivers are happy with the way things are and there should be that forum with the GPDA and they should be given more space to discuss stuff like this, I think.

That's all from us today on our review of the Spanish Grand Prix at the all-new Mad Ring, which will be returning to the calendar next year and for the foreseeable future.

Next up, after a short break, F1 will return to one of my personal favourite venues on the entire calendar for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Uh, he looked more like the old pre-August break George, I think.

And I don't know what's going on, but it was very odd, I thought, to hear, to read, to see quotes from George overnight saying that he thought this circuit was incredibly dangerous, which is, you know, I suppose he feels that he's in a position to say that because he's a senior member of, I think he's a senior member of the GPDA.

I don't really keep up with all that, but I think he is, and he probably felt that it was something that he should be seen to be saying or heard to be saying.

But I don't know.

So

he's co-chair of the GPDA with Alex Wirtz still.

Alex has been somewhere at the top of that organisation for many, many years.

Yeah, I take your point.