Comments on: F1 Controversies: 1998 Belgian Grand Prix

By: Don Speekingleesh

Don Speekingleesh — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:19:25 +0000

There were two safety car periods in the race. After the second one Ralf was running a similar pace to Hill.
Hill had been faster than Ralf in every session, bar the warm-up, had set a faster race lap, been ahead of Ralf every single lap and led more laps than anyone else. And
There wasn’t even the slightest bit of controversy about it. The were more complaints about the lack of Irish anthem for the winning constructor than Jordan doing what any other team would have done in the same situation.

By: Formula One Addict

Formula One Addict — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:07:35 +0000

In a race with uncountable safety car incidents, i dont think thats an excuse. Safety Cars are also a part of F1 and i daresay are often responsible for changing orders. As far as my memory serves , in the end Ralf was much quicker than Damon.

By: Don Speekingleesh

Don Speekingleesh — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:05:06 +0000

There was nothing controversal about Ralf being told not to pass. Nobody cared about it after the race was over – Hill obviously deserved it more – he’d been leading by a good bit until a safety car wiped his lead out.