BELGIAN GRAND PRIX - FARCICAL RESULTS OF THE GRAND PRIX THAT NEVER WAS - OR HOW NOT TO 'WIN A PHANTOM RACE.'

 

A Very Big Congratulations to the Rain God for having won the day, during what was to have been the Belgian Grand Prix of the 2021 Formula 1 Season!

Yes, Sunday 29th August 2021 should have been a memorable day of high excitement for Formula 1 racing fans and audience.  

As it was meant to be the day when the Belgian Grand Prix launches from the Grid at the Circuit de Spa Francorchamps. 

For the much anticipated second half of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton's  battle for the 2021 Drivers' Championship.

But alas, it was not to be, as the heavens, even more than it had done during Qualifying, continue to open up and pour vast quantities, torrent of waters down on the circuit. 

The Rain God, in his/her most sublime display of unabated and unsurpassed power, forced the humans to abandon the Grand Prix 

Not only would the racers have had to content with the sheets of water arrayed on the circuit to unexpectedly bring their attempts at foolhardiness to grief. 

But they would also have had to contend with the hazards of the sprays of water their cars would have made. 

Probably the most serious of  which would have been to robbed them of the necessary visibility they needed to race safely.

And still, the ardent and hopeful fans at the circuit waited and hoped. Hoped that the Rain God would have been appeased by the hours of torture and disappointment It has caused to them. 

That It would have become bored by the seemingly hopeless and apathetic response of us humans to It's display of might, and become bored and show some mercy by stilling the rain. 

But it was not to be; no mercy was forthcoming, as the Rain God morphed Itself into a vengeful and somewhat sadistic God, and continued to try to flood the circuit.

And so it was that the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix should have been cancelled or postponed for another day, had all things been equal. 

Unfortunately, not having had to contend with the unprecedented situation before, the responsible FIA official/s failed to do the right thing. 

And instead decided to manipulate their interpretation of the the relevant rules and procedures, and then decreed that the race had taken place, after a couple of formation laps behind the Safety Car. 

All of which begs the question : How is it that a grand prix race can said to have taken place, when the participating cars were denied the opportunity to overtake, never mind to race one another?

This, then, is how we come to have 'the results for the Belgian Grand Prix that never was.'