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F1 veterans disagree on value of GPDA open letter

Formula 1 veterans are on separate ends of the spectrum of opinion regarding the GPDA open letter on the state of the sport, with Jacques Villeneuve and Stefan Johansson saying that drivers were out of line while Gerhard Berger believes that drivers have a right to be heard. Although signed off by the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), it emerged recently in Bahrain that the letter was in fact backed by the entire field of F1's active drivers. But some, like Villeneuve, have hit back at the drivers, with the 1997 world champion telling them to 'shut up'. Former McLaren and Ferrari driver Stefan Johansson agrees that the GPDA letter, highly critical of F1's governance and direction,...
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