F1 under fire after Spa race ‘farce’Reuters, LONDONSunday’s rainswept Belgian Grand Prix will go down in history as Formula One’s shortest-ever race, and also as a leading contender for most farcical. The safety car leads Formula One drivers during the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium, on Sunday. “If there were actually no race laps, no competition, why should points be given and any result be given, because there was basically no race?” said Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who finished 10th. “We wanted to race, our drivers wanted to race and of course we know you wanted to see a race,” Brown told fans in a video posted on Twitter. “The outcome should not be a race after three laps behind a safety car...

Source: Taipei Times August 30, 2021 16:00 UTC