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Originally Posted by Peralta
Im going to have to agree with Charlie on this one. I actually walked the track and there isnt much room on the straights and very little runoff. There would have been more deployment of the safety car with cars sliding around or worse yet crashing into each other. Canada is a special case so it was justified. I have to applaud the Canadians for waiting in the grand stands for more than Two hours in the pouring rain. Fortunately they were rewarded with a great race.
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We were rewarded with a trophy dash, not a proper Grand Prix. Yes it was exciting at the end, but it was effectively stage managed and barely more than half the race distance was proper racing.
If a track is not suitable to be raced on in the rain, be it due to track surface, drainage, walls too close (as is the example you use), then surely it is not suitable to host a Grand Prix.
Its as if Formula One has gone all 'old American racing' by not racing in the rain anymore...
As mentioned by others, they seem to look for any excuse to put the safety car out these days, rather than have a very good reason for it...