Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon caused a stir following the official Test Day when he described the new rules, which will see the entire 62-car field packed up behind a single safety car following full-course cautions for the first time, as a “big step towards the Americanisation of Le Mans”.
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.
Alexander Sims, who is part of the Action Express Racing Cadillac squad in IMSA and is racing for the same team at Le Mans this weekend, told Motorsport.com he cou …