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Watson slams drivers for role in GPDA letter
Former F1 winner John Watson has backed Jacques Villeneuve in slamming the sport's current drivers. Although signed by the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), it emerged in Bahrain recently that a letter critical of the management and governance of formula one was actually supported by the entire grid of active race drivers. Villeneuve, the outspoken 1997 world champion, reacted to the letter this week by telling the drivers to 'shut up'. 'I think he was being very polite,' Watson, a former McLaren driver, told the British broadcaster Sky when asked about Villeneuve's comments. When asked his own opinion about the GPDA letter, the 69-year-old Irishman added: 'They're stating the...
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