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Old 16 Oct 2019, 21:30 (Ref:3935060)   #508
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chavez should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridchavez should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridchavez should be qualifying in the top 3 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Tourer View Post
Sure, but compulsory pit stops were in place long before that (you didn't mention how many in your post).

Now that you have, it may be possible for that number to be reduced although from memory part of the reason to go to 7 was the smaller tanks on COTF and E85 not having the same range as the unleaded used previously (although I may be a little out on what happened in which year).
Not definitive, but I watched the '99 race before Bathurst and there was compulsory stops even then.
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