Formula One

Sundays race was a bit of a mess caused largely by the rain which started while the cars were on the grid. Big mistake by Bottas.

Anyone else think that something should be done about tracks where overtaking is extremely  difficult and limited to just a couple of places on the circuit, it is supposed to be a race after all and not a procession.  Sebastian Vettal was clearly a little faster than Ocon for large parts of the race but was unable to overtake, even with the help of DRS. Not that it mattered in the end as Vettal was disqualified.

Lewis Hamilton didn't look at all well on the podium. The summer break has probably come at the right time for him.

A soggy restart in Belgium. Perhaps a bit of water skiing practice might prove helpful.

What a complete farce at Spa.  A cynic would say a few laps was run behind the safety car just so F1 can say a race was run, but there was no racing.

Its farcical that points have been awarded without any racing whatsoever. The event should have been abandoned at 14.30 UK time, with no points awarded.

I don't ever recall a race being abandoned before it started. There have been a few races where they have been stopped. In defence of awarding points the drivers did compete in qualifying in pretty treacherous conditions, risking life and limb so perhaps only fair that half points were awarded. The only person who seems unhappy, amongst the drivers, were those that didn't get points and Lewis Hamilton because once again Red Ball have narrowed the margin. Could be the same next week if the weather does not improve as they are only moving a short distance into the Netherlands!

David

Totally agree.

Hamilton was quoted as (stating the obvious) "It's all about money" Really?????!!! Well I'm sure if your wages weren't paid Lewis, you'd be the first to complain.

Its farcical that points have been awarded without any racing whatsoever. The event should have been abandoned at 14.30 UK time, with no points awarded. 

+1 And because a "race" took place, no refunds for the fans. Disgraceful.

That was the point that LH was making. It's about the money, never mind refunds for the fans  for non-delivery of a spectacle.

Seems the ghost of Bernie Eccleston is still looming large!

I applaud LH's comments in attempting to take the FIA and F! to task over the 'farce' and now new measures are to be announced so that a repeat performance doesn't occur again, whilst F1 is understood to be in discussions with the promoter of the race to evaluate what can be done for the fans who stood for hours in the rain and did not see a grand prix.

Interestingly, "F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali also denied claims commercial factors were involved in sending the cars out for the final time".   Anyone seen Pinocchio??

Reports i have seen state ALL drivers, including those that were allocated points for a race that didn't happen, have criticised the way the event was handled by the FIA.

Watched qualifying yesterday. I'm not enamoured with the Dutch circuit. Don't like the banking although it may look spectacular. No doubt, due to the lack of run off areas there will be plenty of safety cars and probably red flags which isn't good for racing. 

I think we will have to wait and see. Was it 1985 when the last F1 race was here? In my view one of the better things to come out of the pandemic is going back to more traditional racing tracks rather than the large, to me, sterile, circuits of the modern age. You could be right about the amount of jeopardy at todays race, we don't have long to find out I say not long but those of us that watch on Channel Four have a bit longer to go and fingers crossed that news websites don't plaster the result all over the main page!!!

David