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How many 'innovations' have been introduced over the years to 'spice' things up and how many have worked? The Peter Jackson dash, compulsory tyre changes, compulsory fuel stops, reverse grid races, Phillip Island co-drivers race, and Red vs Blue spring to mind.
The sprint tyre just turns it into a lottery. At Symmons James Courtney was involved in a early race clash with Todd Kelly damaging one sprint tyre. If we assume he was the innocent victim, he has been dudded through no fault of his own and misses out on a run on the sprint tyre.
If they want to use tyres to spice up the racing, we may as well return to allowing other manufacturers to participate, at least it was genuine competition with different compounds.
For mine, I preferred the old days of a championship of sprint races, no compulsory pit stops just a flag to flag race fastest driver wins. The enduros ideally would be stand alone events so that everyone pairs their lead drivers and goes for the win instead of conserving points positions.
Whilst it is nice to have variety in winners, what we ultimately want is he team and driver who have done the best job to prevail.
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