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Originally Posted by carbsmith
I can't see how they can run a Le Mans sized spectator event this year and I also can't see how you could run Le Mans without spectators given that 11 1/2 hours of sports car racing in the dark isn't exactly prime TV fodder. Actually it's worse than that when you look at the sheer number of personnel involved with 60 teams, 180 drivers, an 8.5 mile track, the massive number of on track hours all around the clock requiring multiple shifts, etc. That's ignoring all the teams and drivers that aren't based in Europe too.
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Everything you say is right, but things like what makes good TV really isn't a factor right now. They'd run 24 hours in the dark if they could run the event safely. It is, quite literally, better than nothing.
Whatever the first series is to start up again will probably have to ignore teams and drivers that aren't based on that continent. Obviously it's crap, but that's the reality of the situation. Racing events (like everything else) are built for the rules of the old world. Those rules aren't coming back this year - and maybe not return to completely normal next year. Changes will have to be made - changes that make the events worse - because without them, we won't having any for a while.