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Button: I think people took GPDA letter the wrong way

Jenson Button insists the Grand Prix Drivers' Association letter was simply a call for drivers to have a consultancy role in how decisions are made in F1, not a motivation for drivers to begin influencing the direction of the sport. Ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the GPDA – agreed by all drivers but specifically co-signed by Button, Sebastian Vettel and GPDA president Alex Wurz – released a statement airing their dissatisfaction with the direction of the sport. However, Button has played down the impression that it was a 'call to arms' for drivers to begin dictating how they want the sport to be run, joking that they are too 'emotional' for that, but suggested F1 could stand to...
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