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Originally Posted by Mike E
Yeah, not sure it will really work but I have a genuine question.
Does anyone at all think IMSA's safety car procedure is a good thing?
I have stopped watching IMSA races on several occasions because life is just too short to sit through laps of SC with pits closed, pits open for prototypes, pits open for GTs, wave around, cars that pitted catching the SC train, more wave arounds etc. Usually for a SC that was triggered by a single car spin that was recovered immediately after the SC was sent out, about 20 minutes before. I don't get it.
It's my candidate for worst FCY/SC procedure.
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I would rank IMSA as a close 2nd for the worst behind the SRO. But SRO's issue is a very very easy fix. Just end the "SC" part of the FCY/SC. Because they do all the clean up during the FCY part already.
IMSA is in different culture and location of course. But there are changes they can do within reason. The easiest is to implememnt "FCY" for debris and stalled car situations. Gaps are preserved and no wave arounds and no further delays. Keep currrent safety car procedures for crashes and bad weather.
The best handler of caution periods is the WEC for the non Le Mans races. Although shout out to the originators Creventic.