Silverstone anticlimax threatens to send F1 back to the drawing board on rules

Fans were denied thrilling finale as Charles Leclerc won behind safety car but there are no easy solutions The British Grand Prix ending under the safety car and denying a potentially thrilling finale was a controversial but also complicated incident, raising issues from the sport’s past and questions over what it may yet address for the future. Silverstone victor Charles Leclerc of course said afterwards that he would rather have done it in more style than with taking the flag behind the safety car . The scenario does not happen often but whenever it does, almost no one finds it a satisfactory way to conclude a race. Continue reading...