Lewis Hamilton campaigned for the £50million Saudi Arabia Grand Prix to be called off on Friday night after Yemen’s Houthi rebels landed a missile on an oil refinery 12 miles outside the track.
The drivers were locked in a three-and-a-half meeting in the paddock, breaking up at 2.30am local time, discussing whether the race at Jeddah should go ahead on Sunday.
They invited in Stefano Domenicali, F1’s chief executive, for some of the time and Hamilton sat on a desk arguing his point.
Later, the team principals were called in to speak to Domenicali, with Hamilton’s team-mate George Russell representing the GPDA position.
