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F1 to re-consider rules after Spa ‘race' farce

Aug.31 Formula 1 is considering tweaking the rules so that events like Sunday's farcical Belgian GP cannot be officially designated a 'race'. Following criticisms from the drivers including Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, Alfa Romeo on Monday took the step of issuing a media statement to condemn the way the situation was handled. The team said it would have been 'dealt with a lot more appropriately by not having at all the ‘race' we witnessed yesterday,' Alfa Romeo declared. 'We hope lessons were learnt yesterday, lessons that will improve the way we operate in the future and that put the supporters of our sport in the position they deserve to be.' Alonso told DAZN that while he...
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