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F1 Belgian GP Live Commentary and Updates - Race day
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Well, pitlane start is rather academic at this point isn't it? I don't know what's happening any more...
Safety car
Cars are now on track. The Belgian Grand Prix...begins?
Maylander gets an excellent start, holding the lead from Verstappen out front.
Sergio Perez is back in this race as he comes out of the pitlane in his repaired Red Bull. He's at the back of the pack in P20.
Rain
Verstappen completes the first lap, still leading from Russell, Hamilton, Ricciardo...it's as you were, obviously.
And to clarify the running order at the back of the pack, Stroll is 18th, Raikkonen is 19th and Perez is 20th in the train circulating behind the safety car. Then, if we do have a proper start, they will take to the pitlane for that. Big if, mind.
Red flag
And that's another red flag at the end of these two laps.
Stopwatch
Mazepin currently has the fastest lap of the race - we still are not 100% sure if the fastest lap point will be given with half points - but as it stands it won't be going to anyone as the Haas driver is outside the top 10.
So we've got two laps in, which is what we need to award points. The clock will keep ticking down, but visibility is arguably worse than it was earlier this afternoon.
If it stays like it is, we'll be witnessing history: shortest race in F1 ever.
A few fans have decided to call it a day, and are heading off home. 35 minutes remain on the clock.
Checkered flag
The race will not resume. That's it.
Max Verstappen will be awarded victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, with George Russell second and Lewis Hamilton third.
Are we going to get a podium ceremony?
Lots of difficult questions from our Twitter followers. We don't know if fans will get their money back, I'm just a guy on a laptop.
What we DO know is that we're getting a podium ceremony. It's going to be, uh, a little bit dicey...
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Verstappen: "In hindsight, it was very important to get that pole position. It's a real shame not to do those laps, but the conditions were very tricky out there. I think if we started at 3 o'clock we would have had a chance."
Russell: "We don't often get rewarded for great qualifying, but today we did. It's a shame we couldn't get this race underway, but from our side it'll go down as an amazing result."
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Hamilton: "Firstly, I feel really sorry for the fans today. It's no-one's fault because of the weather. I really hope the fans get their money back today."
And that's probably everything from us today. Thanks for sticking with us, unfortunately the weather sometimes gets in the way of our plans - even F1 races! See you next week, hopefully Zandvoort remains dry!
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