Risk, demonstrable skill, uncertainty of outcome etc are all part of what makes human endeavour and competition exciting.
Remove this and F1 starts to become a tedious parade of expensive engineering - frankly not worth watching. Watching the window when it's raining and speculating on the first raindrop to reach the bottom at least has some element of uncertainty.
But there is a balance to be struck between acceptable risk vs death or serious injury to the competitors. I do not want to see the latter, but would be entertained by a battle with the elements which may include major incidents.
I can't comment of the decision made as I did not experience the weather conditions locally. But running a couple of laps behind the safety car and declaring a result diminishes the sport. Either run the race, cancel the race completely, or reschedule in the hope of better weather (probably not logistically feasible).
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