Brundle: Will we ever have a classic rainy F1 race again?

Brundle, like many others, questioned the extended time F1 cars spent behind the Safety Car at the restart of the suspended race at a wet Spa Francorchamps.

As is the case in F1, opinions varied on whether Race Control were playing it safe or too safe, as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton complained about the delay in giving the racing the green light, while others, like Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri, and George Russell, had an opposite opinion, the latter labeling racing in such conditions as "stupidity".

In his Sky Sports F1 column following the Belgian Grand Prix, Brundle touched on the matter; he wrote: "Like many drivers and commentators, and especially fans, Max was very unhappy that once again race control delayed and slowed proceedings until the point where the track was significantly drying.

"Those who had chosen a wet wing level because of the forecast of guaranteed rain on Sunday felt unfairly disadvantaged.

"And pretty much everyone on the planet who watches F1 was very reasonably asking why we bother to have full wet tyres anymore, because extreme caution over visibility means they will hardly ever be used.

"Furthermore, will we ever have a classic rainy F1 race again?" the 66-year-old Briton questioned, before adding: "We must get to the bottom of this and understand if there are any recent internal FIA mandates on this subject, or whether race control is simply being too cautious of its own volition.

"There are inherent risks in being a racing driver, and we can't simply edit those out by only effectively racing in the dry.

"It's up to the driver to manage the cars and risks in all reasonable conditions, but the reference point of what's reasonable has moved to extremely risk-averse," Brundle concluded.