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Originally Posted by peckstar
Im still thinking that the whole 54 laps thing is dodgy.
Technically the race distance need only be 82 laps, no way that both drivers can reach the 1/3race distance in that case
the rule is not smart and not clear
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I actually think that the rule is clear but with time-certain races having such a small window to play with, then you could argue that the rule is no longer smart.
Those rules on driving time have been in the regs for a very long time but the big change has been the time certain finishes and those time certain windows being rather small.
If the race started earlier and the time certain finish time was a bit later, even a long delay like yesterday's race suspension might not reduce the number of laps, so we'd get an actual 500km race.
Most of the teams were onto it and got their co-driver running done then hoiked them out of the car, BJR tried something different and out-thunk themselves in the process.
The problem to me is the time-certain approach rather than the driving time rules.