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Domenicali: No 'commercial' reasons behind Belgian GP restart

Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali denies that the decision to restart Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix and award points for the event was motivated by commercial considerations. After a nearly three-hour wait that followed an initial truncated start behind the safety car at Spa, a final attempt to get the race underway - again behind the safety car - was red flagged after three laps in the worsening conditions. However, as the minimum requirement of two laps was fulfilled for the event to be officially considered a race, a classification and half-points were issued by the FIA. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton criticized FIA race director Michael Masi's decision to bring the...
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