Charles Leclerc urged his rival Formula One drivers to put safety first if wet conditions affect racing at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.
Rain is expected at Spa-Francorchamps and the Ferrari driver cautioned against others anxiously trying to get laps in on a wet track that has seen two fatalities in the past four years.
Leclerc won the first race of his F1 career at Spa in 2019, the day after F2 driver Anthoine Hubert was killed in a multi-car crash at the track. “When is it safe to start a race? This is another topic for FIA to look closely especially on a weekend like this,” Leclerc said. “To not feel the pressure of starting a race just because we didn’t have any running.”
“It’s really hard to put into words what we are seeing, apart from saying we are seeing nothing. We are not exaggerating when we say we don’t see anything. This is a really big problem for Formula One, for motorsport in general,” Leclerc said. “There’s quite a lot of spray and then this causes quite a lot of incidents just because we cannot react to what’s in front of us.”Two-time reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen has his eyes on an eighth straight victory of a dominant season.
“I have had four of five weekends where I didn’t maximize and that cost me a lot of points,” said Pérez, whose season hit a low when he placed 16th in Monaco. “After Monaco I lost some confidence after the way my crash happened, and that put me back.”Lewis Hamilton is increasingly confident that Mercedes can finish the season in second behind Red Bull in the constructors’ championship.
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