- McLaren’s Zak Brown: ‘We need a better solution as a sport’
- F1 rejects Hamilton’s claim that decision was based on money
Formula One is to instigate urgent discussions to prevent a repeat of the scenario under which the Belgian Grand Prix was declared a race after only three laps behind the safety car in heavy rain.
There were scathing attacks after Sunday’s events, including from Lewis Hamilton, who described it as a farce, driven by financial considerations, and demanded that the fans should be refunded. F1 has since insisted financial expediency was not behind the decision. Nonetheless, other senior figures in the sport have declared F1 must consider alternative options when races are threatened by bad weather.
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