Official FIA Post-Race Statement 2021 Belgian Grand Prix
Following the significant weather disruption to the 2021 FIA Formula 1 Belgian grand prix, the FIA and Formula 1 are disappointed for all the fans at the track and at home that today’s race could not go to full distance, but the safety of the drivers, marshals and spectators must always be the priority.
The Decision of the Stewards to extend the window in which the race could take place gave every possible opportunity to maximise the day's running, but the weather conditions unfortunately did not improve sufficiently to complete more laps.
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Perhaps the FIA and Stewards should invest in a dictionary and look up the meaning of the word "race".
A disgrace very unprofessional.
".....unfortunately did not improve sufficiently to complete more laps."
More laps? How about ANY laps.
BTW, the weather at Spa is raceable this morning, quite pleasant. Hmm. Race at 9:00 AM, pack up and be at Zandvoort late afternoon. Oh well, it is what it is. Bolllocks all around.
Ive knocked Masi in the past for certain penalty decisions but yesterday was different , whatever he did , there would be some whoyd not agree with it racing on monday , seems reasonable enough, that's possibly 50k to 100k people what , going home then coming back on monday,has it ever happened in f1 , i doubt it , should it well maybe, but in all honestly it aint gonna happen monaco on a Monday ?
EU noise limit laws would shut it down in an instant
Tickets wise well they had w series, f3, and porsche supercup, so what are we saying ?
It is Bollox Ror but your right it is what it is, and Max will have woken up today a happy bunny points wise, and Lewis and Toto the opposite , for all there doth protest to much Bull
Im happy, it makes the championship even more spicy as i've already said
And a word about Toto , hes seen as an expert , a leader a f1,a topster, well in reality, hes only been in f1 how many yrs?he went from racing in 2006 to owning merc f1 in 2013 and only through buying his way in (williams and merc ) is he there, so just saying is Topoff, the expert on everything, by no means i would argue., just an opinion thats all
Shrop', it's not so much the decision, or even the convoluted rules, it is that I missed the race that I look forward to the most each season. Turkey, Mexico, Spain?...I don't give a fk, but Spa?....waahh. That's probably the case with many of we bitchers. Let us whine a bit. LOL
Yeh i can see that, spas magnificent as a race, esp after a 3 week break, quite the let down , but thankfully, we have beach party to look forward too very soon, im presuming the environmentalists lost in court ? , looks like jax's exclusion from the sites been made permanent too so win win allround really .
I must apologise for the lack of sarcasm , but there wasn't much i could work with lol
As always its about politics & money There was more rain when they sent the cars out for 2 laps at the end than when the red flag was thrown 4hrs earlier at the start so nothing to do with safety! Just F1 & liberty media covering their ass after sending the cars out for 2 laps they can say the ¨event¨ took place so no need to compensate the fans or the tv companies for a none event both of which have paid a fortune to be at Spa What a great way to show your appreciation for all the loyal fans who parted with their hard-earned cash to stand in the pissing rain all day F1 & liberty you should be ashamed of your self!
Richard , have you ever attended a boxing match, usually there's a few fights before the main event, then the championship contenders start and BANG , one guy knocks the other out at end of round 1,
Do the fans deserve a refund?, i appreciate, the differences however the question is still there ?
Congratulation to all the F1 rules geniuses who came up with the dumbest interpretation of all racing rules combined.
Here is probably how they caucussed yesterday:
‘'Yes, yes, ok, guys, ya ya, look at all that frikken rain, ya ya ........... keyrist, it’s too dangerous to race, everybody knows that ,,,, then if we allow them to go that Verstappen fellow will run away with the race....and that Russel whiz could get all excited and end up crashing with Sir Lewis, we can’t have that .... hell no, we have to protect Lewis... uh, I mean everybody... what do we do, know all the rules, what we say goes?’’
Genius no. 1: ‘’Let’s have them go around twice behind a safety car and we can call that a RACE!!!!’’
Other Geniuses: ‘’GREAT, you are a true genius!!! Let’s do it, and don’t worry about the fans, they are just stupid people sitting out in the rain all day.’’
All Geniuses: ‘’You got that right, OUR INTERPRETATION rules.’’
Yet, yesterday’s debacle CANNOT under any reasonable interpretation be called a RACE.
When a safety car is on the track racing is temporarily suspended and all cars must hold position. RACING is all about working to IMPROVE your position which cannot be done with a safety car out.
There was not an OUNCE of RACING done yesterday, everybody knows that.
As a tenet in the interpretation of rules, when an interpretation takes you to something that makes no sense whatsoever, then you are interpreting incorrectly. You have to look for something that actually MAKES SENSE!!
The rules geniuses might have gotten more respect by cancelling or postponing the race, but that would have taken actual guts.
Rather, yesterday our RULES GENIUSES preferred to continue on the slippery slope by which they continue to try and affect the outcome of the championship at every opportunity.
It’s a shame.
True Post, are you trying to one-up Shrop' in the sarcasm category? If so, great job. Little known fact: the F1 rules and reg's are now 1100 pages. A bit like an old computer system, keep patching until it breaks.
Hang on there, if there's any sarcasm to be done it'll be by me, trueposts just a beginner re sarcasm, hes learnt everything he knows from me, but conspiracy theories abound naturally , must protect lewis , i like that one , btw whats Arnie the terminator wollf said about all this , is it me or has he been a bit quiet about it all , is he still worrying about telling lewis that George has the seat for next year?
Edit my post from above "Do they (insert get and remove deserve) a refund...!!
No to the both of you!!! I specialise in satire which is different than sarcasm and can't be learned from Shroppyfly!
True, Toto is in a bind with this one... apparently MB lost points, booboo, and that assumes that Sir Lewis would have beat Max, which is doubtful since he could not even outqualify Russel.
Let's move on, BUT, everyone, DO NOT LET THE RULES GENIUSES GET AWAY WITH ABJECT STUPIDITY, that's what is important here.
Enough said.
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