The race started with the track wet in the immediate vicinity of the pits but dry on the majority of the lap.

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When the two men reached the wet part of the track halfway around the lap, Hamilton slid off, handing the lead back to Raikkonen, who almost immediately lost it again by sliding off himself.

BBC: Hamilton stripped of Belgian win

And when the red flag finally came out, the track was so wet that the F1 cars could not keep up with the Mercedes safety car.

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" He added: "When we finally did some running we put in a few laps of wet set-up but with the track changing so much it is always hard to draw too many conclusions.

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In a chaotic final couple of laps, Heidfeld jumped from eighth to third place on the track with what he called a "hero or zero decision" to come in for wet-weather tyres with two laps to go.

BBC: Hamilton stripped of Belgian win