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Brown urges review of minimum lap rule for GPs

McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown is urging Formula 1 and the FIA to review the minimum lap rule that allowed the Belgian Grand Prix to be called a "race" despite its truncated proceedings. Formula 1's field of drivers completed three laps behind the safety car at Spa before the event was permanently called off amid the unrelenting rain and dangerous conditions. However, as the minimum two-lap requirement had been fulfilled, per Article 6.5 of the sporting regulations the race was declared as official, with a podium ceremony taking place and half-points awarded to the top ten drivers. But Brown, while supportive of the FIA's efforts to wait things out at Spa in a bid to get the race...
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