As reported by Speedcafe on Tuesday<\/a>, the category has deleted a rule declaring primary drivers must start the two enduro events.<\/p>\nThat was introduced last year in a bid to showcase the star drivers to the big TV audience that the start brings but contributed to a dull Bathurst 1000 devoid of diverging strategies.<\/p>\n
Supercars has also elected to lift the minimum co-driver laps and reduce the fuel tank size for the two events, creating further jeopardy for teams.<\/p>\n
Initially slated as a reduction from the regular 133 to 118 litres, the championship has locked in a 121-litre tank size for the two events.<\/p>\n
That will ensure co-drivers have to tackle more than two stints in the Bathurst 1000 to complete their minimum laps.<\/p>\n
A minimum laps increase from 33 percent to 37 percent, which equates to 38 laps at The Bend and 60 at the Mount Panorama Circuit, was confirmed earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cStrategy is what makes endurance racing so exciting,\u201d said Supercars\u2019 chief motorsport officer Tim Edwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese updates have been introduced to strike the right balance for great racing at two critical events on the calendar.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy adjusting the fuel capacity, we\u2019re encouraging teams to be creative in how they structure their stints.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt adds complexity to strategy, opens up opportunities to pass through pit stops, and keeps the racing alive right to the final stint.\u201d<\/p>\n
Teams will tackle a pre-endurance test at Queensland Raceway on Tuesday, August 12, which will follow this weekend\u2019s Sprint Cup finale at the Ipswich venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broc Feeney and Jamie Whincup perform a driver change at the 2024 Bathurst 1000. Image: Supplied As reported…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-50331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-motor","11":"tag-motor-sports","12":"tag-motosport","13":"tag-motosports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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