It could be a great tool for the drivers to interact with the world - instead it is a dark and gloomy place

The Grand Prix Drivers Association (GPDA) contains some of the most famous, wealthy, image-conscious sportsmen on the planet, so you would have thought they’d want their association to reflect that.

The only outlet the GPDA have on the world outside is via their Twitter account, @GPDA_.

Now you would have thought this would be a great way to interact with fans, media, sponsors, you name it, but no, that could not be further from the truth.

The account is a dark, gloomy place, that is seemingly obsessed with death, so much so, that some think GPDA stands for Grand Prix Death Announcements.

To be fair, they do birthdays too, though they do have the unfortunate knack of telling dead people to enjoy their day. More often than not, the tweet contains howling errors of fact. So instead of honouring those who went before them, they end up disrespecting them with this sloppy, lazy account.

Here is just a small selection of recent tweets by the GPDA…

A quick check on Wikipedia is all it takes...

One of the many death tweets. It would honour Joe better if it was correct. He finished the race in 10th place, alive and well. He died two months later in a hillclimb event. One of the many death tweets. It would honour Joe better if it was correct. He finished the race in 10th place, alive and well. He died two months later in a hillclimb event.

Not such a happy birthday after all

Unfortunately, Leo Kinnunen did not have such a great day, having died the week before this tweet. You think they might have noticed.

Sad memories, unfortunately not good ones at the GPDA

The 1955 Le Mans disaster was quite possibly the blackest day in the entire history of motorsport, so you think they’d at least get the year right.

Thanks for the reminder guys!

These birthday tweets were going relatively well until the GPDA reverted to type and reminded them of their career ending accidents.

Tell us more?

Sometimes you get the feeling even the GPDA Tweeter of Doom is giving up the will to live: “I can’t be bothered finishing this one, just insert that nonsensical hashtag we use”.

Sometimes it’s just the randomness that appeals…

Congratulations to er… ‘British John Barber’ for what? Living on a boat?

Doubly wrong…

Admittedly a black day but not for F1. These two unfortunate chaps were killed in an F2 race. A classic effort from the GPDA.