LONDON ¨C Sunday¡¯s rainswept Belgian Grand Prix will go down in history as Formula One¡¯s shortest ever race, and also as a leading contender for the most farcical.
Just calling it a race takes a mighty stretch of the imagination ¡ª a delay of more than three hours with crowds enduring cold and rain to see a few processional laps behind the safety car in heavy spray and with no overtaking.
Officially, the action lasted all of three minutes and 27 seconds with Red Bull¡¯s Max Verstappen the winner ¡ª a result effectively decided in Saturday¡¯s qualifying.
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