As a race I’ve been looking forward to since the start of the season, at a circuit widely considered to be the best driver’s circuit in the world, Spa last weekend was a terrible disappointment. It started off so well, with some fantastic racing for the first half a lap, but then it turned into just another dull processional race. Half a lap of racing does not make a good Grand Prix.
To add insult to injury, after the race Lewis Hamiliton was said to be “fuming” about the move Alonso put on him in that first corner. It was racing Lewis! It was the only thing that livened up an otherwise completely dull afternoon. Don’t complain about the racing, complain about the lack of it.
What Alonso did in the first corner was hard but he didn’t have much choice in that situation. The move also ended up giving Lewis an advantage which allowed him to almost pass Fernando on Eau Rouge. If he’d had the guts to stay flat out around Eau Rouge he might’ve even made the pass stick (he might also have ended up at the scene of an accident but let’s gloss over that).
After the mess that was Stepneygate we needed a good race. Sadly we didn’t get it.