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Stewart: Drivers now take ‘liberties' in ‘safer' F1
Three-time World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart says there are more incidents in Formula 1 these days because drivers take 'liberties' thanks to the improved safety. Stewart won his three World Championships in 1969, 1971 and 1973, a time when the dangers for driving a Formula 1 car were much more prevalent than in the current era. But Stewart says the old peer review system of Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA) would put an end to the higher number of crashes seen in the series now. 'If someone behaved badly, the GPDA at the very next race had the person come in in front of everybody and gave them such a bollocking and threat that they should never do anything of that nature again. It was...
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