GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers Association) chairman Alex Wurz has said the GPDA will begin making suggestions on how the sport can be saved and how the current problems plaguing Formula One can be fixed as long as the Formula One hierarchy is going to listen and act accordingly.
Following the shambles of the new elimination-style qualifying that was introduced in Australia, the GPDA released an open letter criticising the current leadership and governing of Formula One as well as questioning the direction Formula One is heading in.
When asked by Autosport why the GPDA didn’t make any suggestions in their letter Wurz said:
“Unless the people in power are recognising the crisis endangering the sport and the business too, we are afraid that even the greatest suggestions will get stuck in the gridlock situation.”
“It’s the leaders and/or the owners who need to review and restructure.
“Most certainly, if consulted, the GPDA will be helpful for the restructuring process with the purest of intentions, to put the sport first.
He then went on to defend the drivers who had been accused of using the GPDA as a political move to oust the current hierarchy in Formula One.
“The drivers do something very important, which is simply to urge the leaders to lead the sport out of this crisis,” he said.
“We are not after their jobs, the GPDA has no ulterior motive.
“We simply want F1 just to be elite and ultra-cool in all aspects.”
