Safety in the wet at Spa was brought into sharp focus by the death of Dutch youngster Dilano van ’t Hoff in a FRECA race at the venue earlier this month.
After the accident, the GPDA wrote to the FIA asking to be informed of the result of any investigation and enquiring as to what could be done to improve safety at the venue both for F1 and other categories.
"At the moment we're in constant comms with the FIA following the tragic passing of Dilano in FRECA,” said Russell when asked by Autosport about the GPDA’s dialogue with the governing body.
“The two questions are, is Spa safe enough? And then it's the question of the conditions, and I think the fact is motorsport will always be dangerous when you're travelling at these speeds.
“If you were to put a ranking of risk of all the circuits for sure, Spa is one of the riskier circuits, along with Jeddah, and along with Monaco, for example, Suzuka to a degree.
“Then when you got the combination of the weather, it's very challenging. It's the visibility, we just have no visibility whatsoever, and the way I describe it to try and give some perspective is driving down the motorway in pouring rain and turning your windscreen wipers off, and that's genuinely how it feels from the cockpit.
Source: Autosport