Le Mans: Safety, Revival, Pole, and Qualifying Notes.

IMSA drivers have defended the new Le Mans safety car changes, which will see the entire 62-car field packed up behind a single safety car following full-course cautions for the first time. The changes will allow cars that have fallen a lap behind their class leaders to gain a lap back via a ‘wave-by’, which is already used in IMSA, while another procedure called the ‘drop back’ will keep the LMP2s and GTE Ams separated from the Hypercars on restarts. Drivers believe the new rules will help to keep the race for the overall win closer until the end and avoid instances where safety cars split up the field.