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Second round of the season will be at Mugello. It's a solid entry list for a 12 hour race... but the time schedule just seems to me a bit odd. Why race for four hours, have an almost 16 hour intermission and then resume the next 8? How is that considered a 12 hour race?
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It's always struck me that billing themselves as a 24H series is somewhat misleading.
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It's officially called the International Endurance Series now, IIRC.
And the split format is due to noise regulations. I found it kind of strange initially, but it really works for them. If it helps. just consider the first part of the race a qualifier for the 2nd half. Which it is - in some ways as only full laps are counted when the race is resuming the next day. |
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Also, noise restrictions sounds a bit odd as well. I know Silverstone has one of the toughest noise restrictions in the world yet they can pull off a 24 hour race without any intermissions. There has to be another reason for this. |
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Noise restrictions might also mean a curfew and absolutely zero on-track activity after certain times, and tracks that have to comply with this may have a very limited amount of days per year where this doesn't apply (depending on how the noise limits have been negotiated with the local community).
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I don't like the split format, but then again I don't follow these events so it doesn't particularly matter to me.
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I watched the race last year, split format is fun, something a little different. As Speed-King says, the first segment is all about keeping on the lead lap, pitting tactically, and maintaining your speed, so you end up in a good spot on the grid for the start of the second segment. Then it turns up a notch for the second segment.
I certainly wouldn't want every endurance race like this, but it makes for an interesting dynamic |
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Doesn't it rob you off from night racing though
Most of these smaller, less-wrecked-by-FIA tracks that don't have systematic floodlighting, so they'd be more old school and pure spectacle in that regards |
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Very good point, Chiana! Mugello must be wicked cool during the night!
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Started at dusk (4pm) on Saturday, raced 3 hours into pitch darkness. Then resumed at 0915 on Sunday for the remainder. Yes, it was great fun. |
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Would be awesome to have it into the night but again I think it's down to curfew hours unfortunately. I agree this format is by no means ideal, but it works around the very tight local curfew hours nicely providing an interesting format for a slightly different race |
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I don't like the idea. If it's a 12-hour race you should race for 12 hours straight, unless it's unsafe to do so.
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Ordinarily, I would agree; however, if it is choice of a split race around a place like Zandvoort or a solid 12 hours around a less attractive venue, the likes of Zandvoort are more preferable.
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Totally understand BSchniederFan's view, perhaps it shouldn't be called a 12 hour?? Don't know what else but perhaps your right that calling it a 12hr is misleading |
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It may be a 12h weekend, but not a 12 hour race.
I suppose ACO has experience in this well, with the 2009 Okayama 1000kms having been split to two 500km races. |
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They do, however, line up the cars on the grid under parc fermé conditions, so there's no repairing between the two heats.
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it's not a new thing - Brooklands back in the pre war era ran a double 12hr event
http://www.austinharris.co.uk/articl...931-brooklands Mercedes Benz World these days runs a historic event with the same title http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/index.php?/double12/ |
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