Not being able to make the trip to Le Mans this year, gave me an unusual opportunity to actually observe what was going on during the race, as opposed to drinking myself into oblivion. I noted a couple of "inconsistencies" in the way that the rules were interepretted.
Example - the rules tacitly state that the car's chassis may not be replaced once qualifying has commenced. It would seem that this rule does not apply to French teams, who have a chance at a class win. The #76 IMSA Performance Porsche 911 GT3 was totalled after it had taken LMGT2 pole, but this was considered 'force majeure' (act of God) by the ACO and a new bodyshell was allowed. WTF? It wasn't an act of God, moreover
Similarly, several teams were given stop/go penalties for putting a wheel on the solid white line at pit-out. The Pescarolo's did it routinely and were not once called to book.
The 63 Corvette was stop/goed for driving too close to a flag marshall, who was standing on the track. The Luc Alpand C5 (French entry) actually clipped a marshall during the same incident but repreived, because the marshall didn't complain.
I'm I being over-picky here - or are the ACO a bunch of retard cheats?
