Of all the thousands of pieces of equipment that Formula 1 hauls around the world, few are used less often than the full wet tire. They stayed piled up in stacks, not on the cars, on Sunday as drivers sat out a rain delay of more than an hour to the start of the Belgian Grand Prix.

Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, have been forced to cancel a race due to the weather conditions ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. On Saturday, Max Verstappen won the sprint at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps before Lando Norris stormed to pole position for Sunday's main race.