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Originally Posted by sammyg2
And how many times have we seen a car slow down to a crawl on the last lap to let their other car catch up for a group photo finish? obviously that doesn't change the outcome at all but it does go against the concept of a race AFAIK. |
Actually - it has changed the outcome. At Le Mans Ford gave their drivers' instructions to group up for the finish. They group up but do not pass each other.
Trouble was - Le Mans was based on total distance driven, as the lead car had qualified quite some distance ahead of the car behind him, it had driven less distance. The car that crossed the stripe 2nd won the race because it had started farther back, resulting in more distance traveled when it crossed the line. Because of a group photo, the final race results where switched for first an second, even though they crossed the line in the order they had been prior to the final laps.