Yeah I don't like the lap time thing. Code 60 i think they were calling it? I suppose they realise that the people that fund the racing are the wealthy amateurs and it gives them a chance!
No, Code 60 is the brilliant and obvious replacement for the stupid safety cars that ruin races everywhere else. Instead of throwing a safety car out, when they go full course yellow everyone has to go round at 60km/h, so all the gaps are maintained, and nobody gets stuff in the pits behind a red light whilst the snake passes by. I don't know why more series don't use the same idea, instead of crazy stuff like multiple safety cars and wave bys.
But in the some of the class there was
also a "minimum reference time" and if you went under it you got a penalty. You had 10 'joker laps' where you were allowed to but you had to declare them as you started them. Ridiculous to try and have people lap at speeds 2-3 seconds under what they could actually do, and may well have caused a big concertina collision during the night when people heading towards the line realised they were going to get there too soon and checked up.
