The GPDA will meet on Friday at Interlagos to discuss the future of F1

The need to preserve the tires during the race to avoid any degradation and reduce the number of pit stops, as well as the growing gap between the trio Mercedes-Ferrari-Red Bull and the other teams contributed to fueling a current of frustration in the paddock. 

A decision was therefore made among the drivers to meet as part of the Brazilian Grand Prix to formulate different proposals aimed at improving the spectacle offered on the track. 

« We have a meeting on Friday evening after the Drivers briefing with all the members of the GPDA and we will discuss the future of the F1, confided from Interlagos Romain Grosjean, who forms with Alexander Würz and Sebastian Vettel the association’s management committee. In my opinion, the sport is not at the level it should be. 

Verstappen who starts last in the United States, I said after qualifying that he will be 6th in the 4th round and that’s what happened. As a result, the other drivers come across as amateurs. We are talking about a reverse grid but as long as the top teams are three seconds faster per lap, it will be of no use. It's as if we were vibrators. 

We have a program of points to discuss and it would be good if we left the meeting with some ideas to put forward to make F1 sexier ». 

his compatriot Pierre Gasly admits that the issue of tires deserves to be studied while believing that drivers must be more vocal at a time when discussions on the revolution announced for 2021 seem to be floundering. 

« We can do a lot of things to make the show more exciting, but there is one aspect that could really help: having stronger rubber that is less prone to overheating., explained the pilot Toro Rosso. This would allow us to follow a competitor for longer. Right now you're making three turns in the slipstream of another car and you start sliding, you take three degrees on the tire and the performance drops. 

It's a snowball effect after that: temperatures keep rising and you're done. As drivers, we should probably make our voices heard more on the issues that will shape the future of our sport ».