Ecclestone says he wouldn’t have cancelled Belgian GP: “If you want to race fine; if not, fine”. Ecclestone says he would not have cancelled the race.

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone shared his thoughts on the events which took place yesterday at Spa-Francorchamps, with the Belgian Grand Prix which was suspended after two laps behind the Saftey Car and a wait of almost four hours due to the extremely difficulty weather conditions. Ecclestone confirmed that he would not have called off Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix but rather left the decision whether to race up to each driver.

“I would have said at 3pm when the race was due to start, let’s try again at 4pm or 4.30pm. It doesn’t look as if conditions will improve but I don’t know. But regardless of what’s happening it will start then.” – the former Formula One supremo said, as reported by Sportsmail – “If you want to race fine; if not, fine. Nobody could put a pistol to anyone’s head. It was up to them. If I was at the back of the grid, I might decide it’s not worth the risk because it’s bloody dangerous out there. If I wanted to score points for the team and for myself, I might think I wanted to go ahead. People make their own minds up, and it is not Afghanistan. We have raced in worse conditions than that and not called off the race.” – he explained.

Sunday’s non-event lasted for just two laps behind the safety car after more than three hours of delay as rain fell at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the Ardennes forest. Max Verstappen won with George Russell second and Lewis Hamilton third, with Scuderia Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in P8 and P10.