News Details

F1 drivers association play down boycott threats

F1 drivers association play down boycott threats 5 July, 2013 Sebastian Vettel GPDA director and world champion Sebastian Vettel back-pedalled on Friday, after the drivers' union earlier threatened to boycott his home race this weekend. Pirelli and the FIA's reaction since the Silverstone chaos, allied with the vastly different characteristics of the Nurburgring, meant that Friday was a smooth day of practice, hosting no noteworthy tyre problems. Pedro de la Rosa, the Grand Prix Drivers' Association president, began the day in Germany insisting the word ‘boycott' should not be used. The GPDA's Thursday statement warned that drivers 'shall immediately withdraw from the event' if more...
Full Story »
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Drivers ready to boycott race over tyre issues

Formula One drivers have warned that they may boycott the German Grand...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Drivers threaten to boycott German GP

The tyre saga has taken a new twist with the Grand Prix Drivers'...
12y ago from PlanetF1.com

Drivers threaten boycott over tyre failures

"true">Formula 1 drivers have threatened to boycott the...
12y ago from GPUpdate.net

Drivers threaten to boycott race

The Formula One drivers 'union' has warned that if there is a repeat of...
12y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Ex-Arsenal and Chelsea icon would be open to Tottenham...

Former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas is open to taking the...
34m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal sent strong 100 million message amid links...

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have suffered a massive blow in their pursuit of...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Rosenior has talent to be Chelsea’s answer to Arteta...

atility and unusual structure at Stamford Bridge leave club’s young...
24m ago from TheGuardian.com

'Then gaps will appear' - John Terry explains how...

Premier League Hall of Famer John Terry has told Chelsea how to get the...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.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.