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Originally Posted by kobefly
You put it in great words, there is the key!
Benefiting over penalizing competitors sounds nice BUT when you say "a competitor" you mean "a competitor that is running behind another competitor". This means that this system is likely to detriment those competitors running ahead of other competitors.
I would rather benefit the competitor that, at any point of the race, has done well enough to be in front. There is merit involved in holding the lead.
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I can see the logic in your view. You are saying that the procedure should be drafted in such a way that benefits the driver(s) ahead.
I guess that could be seen as 'track position is key'.
There is another way to see that approach though. If you approach the race from a competitive angle where track position is the priority, then you are reducing the likelihood of close competition.
It would be the inverse of the first 20 hours being a waste of time. You are saying that once a car has a clear lead, then a FCY would only exaggerate that. So in consideration of the value of racing, we would end up in a situation where the last 20 hours of the race are meaningless.