Looks to me like that is exactly why they did the two laps - it classifies as the event having taken place, rather than event cancelled. And hence no refunds needed. Complete farce and some of the FIA radio broadcasted highlights the confusion going on at the time - teams not knowing it the race had even started during the 3 hour delay.
Would have been better off just cancelling it. Refund the fans who sat in the pouring rain all day for nothing. Plus half points being awarded for no actual racing doesn't seem right (although it was nice to see George Russell and Williams stand on a podium!)
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