2021 Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps, Aug 27 - 29

[politburo]

10 minute warning. Hopefully they don't do the "2 lap safety car restart and then stopping for the sake of qualification" thing

[djones]

I suspect this is only for the few laps required, rather than a serious go at starting the race.

[Tvetovnato]

10 minute warning. Hopefully they don't do the "2 lap safety car restart and then stopping for the sake of qualification" thing

This. It would be quite unfair to give out points for driving 2 laps behind the SC.

[matt_b]

So all this for 2 laps behind a SC no actual racing for the fans then

[El Scorchio]

I really hope this is not to just arbitrarily say the race happened and to dish out points.

Also ramifications in title races.

If Verstappen wins the title by less than 12.5 points or Hamilton by less than 7.5 then any procession here will have effectively decided the title. So I really hope we get some actual laps in.

However it would be magnificent for Russell to stand on the podium in Williams overalls. Knowing his luck though, the car will conk out…

[Mogster]

Don’t get the impression this is a serious attempt at starting the race. No one seems to be preparing properly.

[politburo]

This idea of babysitting drivers because there is a possibility of crashing at high speed is something I have mixed feelings about.

[djones]

If this is just to get the 2 laps needed, I really really hope anybody on the podium is not happy and jumping around etc.

[politburo]

I really hope this is not to just arbitrarily say the race happened and to dish out points.

Also ramifications in title races.

If Verstappen wins the title by less than 12.5 points or Hamilton by less than 7.5 then any procession here will have effectively decided the title. So I really hope we get some actual laps in.

However it would be magnificent for Russell to stand on the podium in Williams overalls. Knowing his luck though, the car will conk out…

But unless they driver 75% they would do this anyway right?.

[Spacepace]

Perez looks to have a huge rear wing on

[El Scorchio]

I really hope this is not to just arbitrarily say the race happened and to dish out points.

Also ramifications in title races.

If Verstappen wins the title by less than 12.5 points or Hamilton by less than 7.5 then any procession here will have effectively decided the title. So I really hope we get some actual laps in.

However it would be magnificent for Russell to stand on the podium in Williams overalls. Knowing his luck though, the car will conk out…

But unless they driver 75% they would do this anyway right?.

Not if they didn’t restart it just now. If they do this lap half points will now be awarded.

The weather is just as bad. This is a bit farcical. They may as well have just bloody kept them out on track hours ago.

[politburo]

The onboards still look like the visibility is bad.

[nzjrs]

Assuming George has already signed for Mercedes, as is widely reported, there is no incentive for him to not fight with Hamilton?

[politburo]

Can't even see the rain light on the kemmel.

[politburo]

It looks much worse than at 3:30.