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Originally Posted by GT3_Fan
From the S365 post race notebook
***The race featured 13 full-course cautions, totaling 93 laps or three-and-a-half hours of time behind the safety car.
My thoughts...this is a major reason why my interest in the Petit Le Mans has diminished over the years. I hardly watched it on Saturday to be honest. I knew what was going to happen.
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Not disagreeing all the cautions take away from the superb racing we're not seeing enough of, but at the same time a good chunk of said racing is being 'created' by bunching up the field. With all the 'goods and bads' that come with it!
Just for a bit of perspective: When flagging the Petit back in '01 (or '02), I remember we had 12 cautions during the race. And while there were no 'pass-by and 'drive-by' procedures back then, it still took considerable time away from the racing. In other words, it's nothing new. It's not going away either.