New driver’s group
NZPA Paris
Leading grand prix racing drivers yesterday announced the formation of a new international association to defend the rights of professional racing drivers. The Professional Racing Drivers’ Association will replace the existing Grand Prix Drivers Association, which is contesting the right of the International Auto Sports Federation (F.1.5.A.) to impose sanctions for a one-day strike at the South African Grand Prix last month. The French driver Didier Pironi. the president of the
G.P.D.A. and the presidentelect of the new body, said after a meeting of drivers in Paris that they believed F.I.S.A. had broken its own rules when it imposed fines and suspensions for their action.
Niki Lauda of Austria, the double world champion who has made a comeback this year after two years' retirement. will be Pironi's deputy in the new organisation. It is based on similar bodies formed by tennis and football players internationally and will seek a larger voice in F.I.S.A. decision-making than drivers have had.
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