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Originally Posted by henk4
so you admit that safety car periods are there to increase excitement and commerical interest.....very sad indeed. The Le Mans 24 Hours would be sold out, even if there was not a single safety car period at all, and even if the winner was ten laps ahead of everybody else.
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Of course that's what I'm arguing - I thought that was obvious.
The problem ACO racing has is that the LMS in particular is viewed as a series of test events for Le Mans. Post-Le Mans there's traditionally a drop in grid numbers.
You can't use Le Mans as a general rule to make a point because it's a unique one of a kind event. IMO you have to apply a different concept for a season-long championship. That's what ALMS has done - I firmly believe the ACO regs coupled with US style racing is a much more interesting product than the LMS (or ELMS as was)
Ben