Le Mans' new safety car rules threaten to devalue a victory in the historic event, some teams have warned.
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon believes that the revised safety car system could make “Le Mans a bit of a lottery”.
“After Le Mans last year with our LMP2 programme we looked at how the caution periods affected us and at the end there, one at the end there worked for us and one worked in favour of the [class winning] Jota car. United Autosports team principal Richard Dean pointed out that the new system would allow scope for delayed cars to make up lost time.
“Last year, we lost those two laps at the start, our drivers drove flat out for 24 hours, but we were never going to make up any ground.
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