News Details

F1 drivers play hard ball after union meeting and threaten boycott

F1 drivers play hard ball after union meeting and threaten boycott 5 July, 2013 Drivers will react if tyre failures continue Formula 1  drivers announced on Thursday they will withdraw from this weekend's German Grand Prix if the tyre blow-outs which marred Sunday's British race occur again. During news conferences, drivers sounded confident that tyre provider Pirelli had sorted out the problem by introducing new rubbers for the Nuerburgring race. However, following a meeting of the drivers' union, the tone hardened. 'The drivers of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) wish to express their deepest concerns about the events that took place at Silverstone,' a statement said. 'We...
Full Story »
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes drivers confident Pirelli will solve blowout...

Mercedes drivers confident Pirelli will solve blowout problem 4 July,...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Great Britain analysis - Rosberg wins, Pirelli under...

Mercedes and Pirelli again found themselves in the spotlight at...
12y ago from Formula1.com

Tyre failures a new problem - Pirelli

Paul Hembery says Pirelli's multiple tyre failures at the British Grand...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Heat on Pirelli after tyre-exploding British GP

By Editor on Sunday, June 30, 2013 F1′s intense heat on Pirelli...
12y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar updates tire rules for 2026 season

Among a few changes coming for the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, a new...

IndyCar introduces safety flaps to prevent airborne...

The NTT IndyCar series has detailed a new addition to cars competing in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Donnarumma vs Raya: Who is the better GK in the title...

In the last few weeks of the Premier League season, the importance of...
4h ago from SkySports.com

Tactics Column: Key quartet step up to deliver North...

'It feels like we've shown what we are made of but then you have to show...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 683 – 23.02.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
11h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.