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Wurz: GPDA letter not a knee-jerk reaction

Alex Wurz has denied that the GPDA's letter condemning Formula 1's rule-making process was a 'knee-jerk reaction' to Australia's qualifying farce. Last Saturday's Formula 1's new qualifying system, which was widely condemned by the drivers prior to the Melbourne race, proved to be ineffective. While Q1 was an exciting session, the remaining two took place with few drivers on the track in the latter minutes and some not even bothering to leave the pits to defend their positions. With F1 admitting it had made a mistake, team bosses immediately called for change with news breaking on Sunday morning that qualifying would revert to the old 2015 format. Days later the drivers had their say in a...
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