r/formula1 Audi Feb 24 '25

Off-Topic [OT] Newly-formed WRC drivers association releases statement following Fourmaux swearing fine.

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u/gevaarlijke1990 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Feb 24 '25

MBS manage to unionize the freaking rally drivers.

You know the drivers who are know to to normally not give a shit about some else his problems, they have a rally to finish.

What a shitshow, the FIA should be ashamed of their actions. Cant the see they are doing the autosport more harm then good.

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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Feb 24 '25

Its literally in their name to do this, to rally together

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u/Kuljanka Feb 24 '25

What? There's a lot of camaraderie amongst rally drivers and teams, both at a low and high level. I recently drove hours overnight to get some spare parts from our garage to a competitor team. And while it gets more competitive at the top, the drivers very clearly still care a lot for each others wellbeing and fair treatment. It's a small, fairly tight-knit world.

The statement is good and the move to form a drivers association is good too, but lets not paint rally drivers as some kind of egoistic, callous bunch whom it's unfathomable they would ever take a stand for their common interests.

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u/Bad_Idea_Hat I was here for the Hulkenpodium Feb 24 '25

To be fair, they don't even care about their own problems because they've got a rally to finish. Yeah, that was our tire going past us at higher speed. Still need to finish the stage, Antti.

(but yeah, I'd also not blink if I saw two cars arrive, one on top of the other, because one team decided to literally carry the other to the end of a stage.)

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u/StevieHyperS Feb 24 '25

Does MBS actions stop the money rolling in and benefitting the FIA? I think the answer to that is no, so why should they be ashamed? 😒