Lewis Hamilton taking on Sergio Perez through Spa’s Stavelot sequence in last Saturday’s sprint race was exactly what Formula 1 wanted. It was Mercedes versus Red Bull once again, even as just the appetiser for the main event still to come in the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix. That the GP turned out to be yet another lead battle snoozefest is irrelevant, albeit unfortunate and the biggest problem facing F1.
The day before, the sprint race focus turned to Hamilton and Perez, once Max Verstappen had demoted
