Multiple world champions Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton both accused race organisers of being overcautious on Sunday when the start of the Belgian Grand Prix was delayed by 80 minutes following heavy rain.
“It wasn’t even raining,” he said, referring to the decision taken at the scheduled race start time of 1500 local time [1300 GMT]. “Of course, between Turns One and Five, there was quite a bit of water. But if you do two or three laps behind the Safety Car, then it would have been a lot more clear — and the rest of the track was ready to go anyway. It’s a bit of a shame,” Verstappen said.
Ferrari’s Hamilton said race organisers had over-reacted after Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli and Alpine’s Isack Hadjar collided at Silverstone in poor visibility. “We started the race a little bit too late. I kept shouting, ‘it’s ready to go it’s ready to go,’ but they kept going round and round,” Hamilton said.
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