The 2021 Belgian Grand Prix (formally referred to as the Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix 2021) was a Solution One electric motor race hung on 29 August 2021 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was the twelfth round of the 2021 Formula One World Champion. Hefty rain led to the race being delayed, as well as after 3 of the scheduled 44 laps had actually been finished behind the safety cars and truck, a warning brought an end to the race. In accordance with Solution One guidelines, the result was taken after lap 1. It holds the document for being the fastest Solution One World Championship race ever held, defeating the previous record held by the 1991 Australian Grand Prix, which was 14 laps long. The race was won by Max Verstappen ahead of George Russell and also Lewis Hamilton.
For the bizarre formula 1 farce of Spa-Francorchamps Lewis Hamilton had only a lack of incomprehension. We simply do not give good values if we sell the fans such an appearance as a race, said the injured Record world champion after a memorable mini exit on Sunday in Belgium. A true Grand Prix was impossible due to the non-resistant continuous rain, instead, after a few circuits behind the Safety Car Hamilton Hamton's title rivale Max stood to the winner was tapped. This questionable control triggered a lot of displeasure and discussion after a nerve-wracking day with a lot of waiting.
Money governs the world, Mercedes-Pilot said Hamilton, who defended the World Cup leadership of stages after his third place. There was no moment to share this race in good conscience, added the 36-year-old Brite. And was right. In the Ardennes, it rained incessantly before the planned start at 15 o'clock, after hours of waiting, nothing had changed until 18.17 clock until the desperate last attempt. After two rounds was aborted again and the race of formula 1 history shortest distance, but almost four hours, but almost the longest lasted, was unsatisfactory for all those involved.
Alonso: That was not a Grand Prix. That's shocking
That was not a Grand Prix. They just distributed the points. That's shocking, said ex-world champion Fernando Alonso. The rule that there are half of the World Cup counter for two completed revolutions, although never driven properly, must now be covered. As a sport, we need a better solution when such a situation occurs. The result should not be a race over a few rounds behind a Safety Car, said McLaren-Boss Zak Brown: We have to learn something for the future.
Vettel: The highest goal must be our security
The fact that no real race took place in the demanding course was the only right decision. The highest goal must be our security, said the four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. In his Aston Martin he rolled as a fifth goal. There was no struggle for positions in one day for the Formula 1 history books, instead, the result of the qualification was also the final result. The cars are not built for heavy rain. The limiting factor is the view, said Vettel. For the pilots was hardly visible because of the spray.
Masi: The weather has played us a bad prank
Labs have already been a few in the history. That because of bad weather could not be started correctly, but is a novelty. I have never experienced so on a Sunday so persistently bad weather. The weather has played us a bad prank, said Renndirector Michael Masi from the Automobile World Association Fia.
The Lord on the course of the race day defended the decision to return to the slopes after hours of waiting for hours. Some teams have recognized a brightening, so we went out, but then the rainfall reinforced again, said the Australian Masi, who did not want to know from Kalkül like Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali. We get the presence money, whether the Grand Prix is driven or not. It was only one and alone around the spectators. We tried everything to offer you something else, said the Italian's magazine Auto, Motor and Sport .
A shift to Monday was impossible in view of the narrow appointment calendar, already next Sunday in the nearby Zandvoort in the Netherlands. Since the weather report is definitely better, Vettel said, looking forward to a meteorological point of view not only from a meteorological point of view on the sun on the coast.
Hamilton: I hope the fans get their money back
Especially the 75,000 fans were sorry for the drivers. For hours they stood in the pouring rain, were completely soaked and hoped for a competition that it could not give. Many in the paddocks would therefore have wanted an earlier termination. Six to seven hours before the planned start, the grandstands already filled up, many remained ten hours and more at 13 degrees and strong winds. I hope the fans get back their money, Hamilton said. In this direction, however, nothing was heard.
At the end of an inglorious day, it got stood 12.5 instead of 25 points for his sixth season win, George Russell was second for Williams for the first time on the podium, and Hamilton received 7.5 points on the way to his targeted eighth title. We are not proud of this victory, said stages, which lies only three points behind Hamilton at ten outstanding races. Nobody will say it's the right decision to call that a race, balanced McLaren-Boss Brown: I hope so something will never happen again.
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