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Unfortunately the Belgian Grand Prix couldn’t go ahead due to poor weather, so the FIA opted for a sham two-lap parade. Lewis Hamilton describes the conditions on the track.
At the “post-race” press conference Lewis Hamilton was asked if he experienced anything like the weather conditions at Spa before in his career.
“Weather-wise I don’t think… I don’t remember experiencing… I mean, I’ve raced for years, so I don’t remember on the weather-side,” said the Briton.
“In the background, us being in Melbourne last year when we shouldn’t have been, there are some similarities to how today’s gone down, but at least everyone’s safe.
“Ultimately, the visibility behind… once we did the start on the grid, as soon as Max pulled away, he just disappeared.
“I couldn’t even see his red light ahead of me, so it must have been even worse for the guys back at the back. The worst thing is to see drivers in carnage and getting hurt. So…”
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Lewis goes on to explain how it felt to be on the track driving behind the Safety Car.
“Yeah, there was aquaplaning into five, I had aquaplaning there.
“I couldn’t go flat out down the straight because I had no idea where George [Russell] was, whether he was braking, to get a gap to the guy because he can’t see the car ahead of him.
“And there was moments where I was like ‘I’m slowing down’ because I can’t see where they are and who knows where the car is behind me also?
“And then Eau Rouge was pretty tricky and I guess really the worst thing would be if we had a crash, like we saw yesterday with Lando and you come up that hill…
“You wouldn’t be able to see if there was a driver in the middle of the road. There definitely was, unfortunately, no moment today that we could race.
“Maybe in the morning, I think there was less rain in the morning,” concluded the seven-time champion.
