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Originally Posted by one five five
Good move. Well done to the organisers for this announcement
What does it mean for the future of the 12hr as part of the IGTC though given Anyopenroads comment about about SRO wanting to establish common rules for all IGTC events?
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Guess we won't know that for a while but there are sometimes differences in what is accepted in European racing and what is accepted in other parts of the world. Success ballast for drivers for example has been part of a number of different euro series over the years and barely seems to raise an eyebrow but has been rejected in a number of other countries (including here). The IGTC stint time restrictions, pit stop time requirements seem to be rolling on OK in Europe too (at least from what we can see from so far away) but weren't accepted by competitors here (don't know how many of those spoken to were from Europe though but you'd have to think that some were).
Might mean that IGTC may accept that some practices wouldn't be accepted in all markets and tailor the series accordingly, or Bathurst could be considered as a "thought leader" and by not going with the restrictions, convince IGTC that the idea isn't needed to "spice up" the racing and is maybe a step too far.
Good news to not have the contrived restrictions for 2020 and we'll find out about the future later.