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Originally Posted by peckstar
But its not what class racing is. Class racing is not about big cars and little cars. Nor is it about managing traffic with "slower cars"
It is quite possible to have two classes that travel at similar times.
For instance last years (2017) the Class B and the invitational class had almost the same time. managing traffic was nothing to do with it. even this year it was pretty close, but it was not about managing traffic
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You need to talk to the ACO about this- they've obviously been running Le Mans wrong since 1923...
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Originally Posted by peckstar
To deny there isn't a safety car issue in the 12 hour is to put ones head in the sand
2017 Bathurst 1000 6 Safety cars for ten laps 7 Hours 11
2018 Bathurst 12 hour 17 Safety cars for 47 laps. 12 hours
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So a race 5 hours longer with almost twice the number of cars produces more safety car- Well there's a surprise...
Incidentally as to the 'smaller grids produce better racing' argument, some of us remember 1992 when the FIA managed to mess up Group C sportscars and about 29 cars started Le Mans- No-one ever talks about that as being one of the all-time classic LMs