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

[godlameroso]

Oh well Verstappen inches 5 points closer to the championship lead. About as many inches of rain that have fallen this weekend at Spa.

[Big Tea]

100% those parade laps just now were for contractual implications.

It's going to be disgraceful if George celebrates this second place. There wasn't even a race ffs.

He just did that

I think he was celebrating the points more than the position.

[Artur Craft]

Right, votes for driver of the day?

duh, Niki, obviously. The guy just did the fastest lap of the race while driving F1´s worst car(by far)

Btw, those GP3 kids are damn brave. They raced on similar conditions. I guess they are the best drivers in the world

[dans79]

Yeah, this is just political BS. They insured they did just enough laps behind the safety safety car that they could claim a race was run.

No one can convince me otherwise that it isn't BS because they didn't do a single racing lap.

[Hoffman900]

Oh well Verstappen inches 5 points closer to the championship lead. About as many inches of rain that have fallen this weekend at Spa.

I thought the barometer was rising.

[matt_b]

it is actually a very positive day for Lewis because he still leads the Championship and Max only gained 5 points compared to 7 if Lewis finished 2nd with that low downforce set up

[djones]

Lewis continuing his lucky streak of losing a lesser amount of points, when underdelivering.

Given he was setup for the race and not qualifying I think it's not unreasonable to think he was actually on for the win if the weather was ok.

[falonso81]

So, a Williams on the podium, Mazepin fastest lap, Massi making rules up as he goes, this is a yoke right?

[politburo]

George Russell is celebrating, but he does deserve to celebrate it he dialed the car in and was ahead of several "more competitive" cars...But he doesn't deserve 9 points...we also all know if all it takes is two laps to classify drivers then what's the point of having a race - for the show?. The quota should be changed to 75% for half points and 90% for full points, otherwise nothing, they shouldn't be awarding prizes for technically not competing for more than 5%of the race distance if this is actually a sport and not just a show.

[El Scorchio]

Yeah, this is just political BS. They insured they did just enough laps behind the safety safety car that they could claim a race was run.

No one can convince me otherwise that it isn't BS because they didn't do a single racing lap.

Absolutely. I bet this was first and foremost a financial decision.

[zibby43]

Driver of the day is Perez.

He lost free points for RBR by crashing on the way to the grid.

[matt_b]

Lewis continuing his lucky streak of losing a lesser amount of points, when underdelivering.

Underdelivered? We didn't have a race but keep letting Lewis live rent free in your head, oh and by the way Lewis still leads the Championship

[nzjrs]

Nice work Lewis. Great comment on behalf of the fans getting their money back. Kudos.

[Hoffman900]

Lewis with the “I hope fans get their money back”. I agree, but it should come from Liberty’s coffers, not the track.

[djones]

Nice work Lewis. Great comment on behalf of the fans getting their money back. Kudos.

PR stunt.

Why should they get a refund for the weather. It's not the fault of the track, FIA or F1.