Lewis Hamilton calls Belgian GP a 'farce'

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Lewis Hamilton has criticised the FIA and Formula One’s decision to complete two laps under the Safety Car, saying they were sent out for the sole purpose of meeting the minimum requirements for an official result.

The race was scheduled to begin at 3 pm Central European Time, but was delayed by about three hours due to heavy rain and poor track conditions. The drivers completed two laps under the Safety Car and half points were awarded to the top ten finishers.

Hamilton believed that although there was no visibility and the conditions made it impossible to conduct a race, the drivers should not have been sent out for the restart as the conditions had not improved.

"Money talks. It was literally the two laps to start the race, it’s all a money scenario,” Hamilton told Sky Sports.

"So everyone gets their money and I think the fans should get theirs back too because unfortunately, they didn't get to see what they came and paid for.

"It's a shame we can't do the race tomorrow and I love this track as well, so sad that we couldn't do this. But today wasn't a race."

"I think the sport made a bad choice today," the seven-time world champion added.

Hamilton later took to Instagram and said that Sunday’s race was “a farce” and that “the only people to lose out are the fans who have paid good money to watch us race.”

"Of course you can't do anything about the weather but we have sophisticated equipment to tell us what's going on and it was clear the weather wasn't going to let up. We were sent out for one reason and one reason only,” he said.