The safety car rule tweaks have caught attention at LeMans24 But could it also be a key factor for an LMP2 upset? The drivers have their say ⬇️
after bronze driver Thomas clattered into Casper Stevenson’s crashed Aston Martin during opening practice on Wednesday.
The delay means TDS will likely have to rely on the assistance of safety cars to get back into the mix, but three-time DTM champion Rast says the priority of race control is to avoid using them where possible. “Once we’re a lap back, there is a possibility to get the lap back with the new rules,” the BMW works driver told Autosport.
“But from what I understood from the race director, these safety cars are very unlikely to be used, he prefers to use slow zones and full course yellows. “So we need to wait and see what he’s going to do. But obviously if he’s calling a lot of safety cars, there might be a chance for us to always get the disadvantage back.”agrees that pro-am crews can’t rely on safety cars to bring them into play as race control “don’t want to get the safety cars more and more into the race, they want to really work on slow zones to not ruin the race”.
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