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Originally Posted by broadrun96
I seem to remember this exact forum MELTING DOWN over Porsche getting a 2 SC boost one year and the whinging and crying of how unfair. You only get one of the options and in this instance the ACO responded and is trying something
And the example above is likely so miniscule that it is a mental exercise only, see previous races where that just hasn't happened. And it is within the rules so feel free to either excuse yourself cause you don't like them, ie vote with your feet, or join the ACO, work your way up and help them see the error of their ways from the inside. But working yourself into a tizzy over a VERY slim chance of a VERY VERY particular, and frankly very old, way of racing to occur seems more like being a grumpy old man than an actual complaint about anything.
And so help me god another person mention purity of a sport. THAT'S JUST NOT A THING, HUMANS WROTE EVERY RULE, WE DIDN'T GET THEM ON 2 CLAY TABLETS.
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The example above is a bit extreme but the scenario of a slower car (let's say a Cadillac, so neither the slowest nor the fastest) having a perfect run losing the race to a faster less tidy one (let's say a Toyota having to change a transmission axle after 70 minutes) just because of that SC procedure is actually very likely. Comparison with IMSA rules are not relevant considering the length of the track at Le Mans vs Daytona or any US racetrack.
The simple fact that the new rule does not apply in the last hour shows that even the rulemaker are aware of its fondamental weakness. How can the last hour of an endurance race rules be different from the previous ones ? They are part of the same race, if a rule is not good for the money time then it is not good for the rest of the competition. Are football goals counting half if they are scored during extra time ?
Rulemakers explained they came with that solution years after there was some SC "unfairness" with GTE Pro. They come with a solution for a problem that happened once in a category no longer running and years too late. Furthermore, that particular year the race in GTE-pro was beheaded not by SC, but by a stupid change in the pitstops regulation allowing tires to be changed in the same time as refueling, actually destroying all the tire management aspect of racing. Typical from the ACO : shitty decisions, it all goes wrong and the wrong conclusions are made afterwards.