it looked like setting up for a good ending as there was nothing to choose between the top 3 cassidy di grassi & Vandoorne, all trading places, then 12 mins to go
"is it that rain on the drivers eye of buemi" that interrupted B group of qualifying earlier , then within a few mins the rain meant you could see the spray of the cars. then on 8 mins it went full Nurburgring 2007 vibes. red flag came out
it great drama to watch., as this huge short but sharp deluge hit the circuit & in the space of 1 straight, it went from slightly wet to them floating/aquaplaning in the braking zone. there was nothing any of the top 5 could do. because they were a passenger & wouldve been even had this happened on lap 2, but they were 35 mins in & the tyres were well worn by then . but shocking even to seasoned person to see cassidy crash & then get ploughed into by di grassi, Vandoorne & very nearly Mortara who somehow despite aquaplaning & hit the wall. managed to get to stopped spun around out of well populated run off area
in unusual circumstances recently in motorsport i think it was very well judged from race director. & i doubt there are many complaints, because the fairest decision was reached & cassidy winning was the fairest resolution.
because yes it was sunny literally 5 mins later, we all wanted to see the race to its conclusion but sometimes you have to be realistic. it wouldve likely been an hour wait at least. there was so much destruction, as jack nicholls said in commentary when the red flag was dropped. there were only 2 cars driving around the circuit at the time, but mortara was hobbling back & frijns who incredibly was the only 1 unscathed. so there wouldve been 17 cars to get back to the pits, mend in various states of damage & few barriers to repair
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