Grand Prix Driver's Association

The Grand Prix Driver's Association is the trade union for currently contracted Formula One drivers. The prominence of the GPDA has changed from era to era, with the association being disbanded at several points in time.

History

The GPDA was first founded in the early 1960s in response to diminishing safety standards in the sport. The first chairman was Stirling Moss.

It would later play a more prominent role in the sport in the early 1980s before being disbanded later in the decade, remaining dormant for several years before being reformed in 1994 following the San Marino Grand Prix.

Leadership

	Chairman	Years	Notes
1	Stirling Moss	1962-????	First chairman of the GPDA
2	Didier Pironi	1980-1981	Pironi died whilst serving as chairman of the GPDA
3	Stephen South	1981-1982	South was elected GPDA chairman to replace Pironi
4	Nigel Mansell	1982-1983	Mansell was elected GPDA chairman to replace South
5	Nelson Piquet	1983-???	Piquet was elected after Mansell was voted out of his chairmanship for his driving at the start of 1983.
1984-1987 unknown
Disbanded
6	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler Gerhard Berger Michael Schumacher	1994-	The triumvirate re-founded the GPDA at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix following the death of Bernd Schneider