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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
The SC following a FCY kinda 'works' in the shorter races. Or rather, it works the way they intend it to. Due to the stint length rules, everyone has the same strategy in a 3 hour race, so it never impacts anyone.
With 24 hours, even with stint length rules, everyone is everywhere and the SCs always ruin someone's race.
I understand why they do it in the 3 hour and 1 hour races (but still disagree with it), however it simply doesn't work in 24 hours at all.
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It does not work anywhere. The Blancpain GT series really stinks now. I used to be to excited about the Spa 24 throughout the decade. This year, I barely followed it. Exactly as I predicted a safety car calamity. This is no endurance race its just a bunch of sprint races with a safety car pause and then you go again. Strangley though I have enjoyed the sprint series races more than the endurance so far this year despite the fact that the sprint series is lacking in manufacturer diversity. Its pretty much Lambo vs Mercedes vs Audi, with an occasional lone Ferrari or Aston Martin.
There really is not much real endurance racing anymore. I think Nurburgring is the best since they just go with slow zones. Daytona and Sebring have gotten better mainly because of their field sizes which are in the 40's now. Perfectly fine in this day and age of great reliability. Quite content to keep those grids under 50 cars. Bathurst has too many safety cars. Actually I am looking forward to the Suzuka 10 hours. That went off well in 2018 (broadcasting aside). The Indy 8 hours has a ton of potential I think. On the Creventic side, I've become a big fan of the COTA 24.