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"What helped the #88 and #84 more than anything to get their laps back were the exit of the #1 from the race to the podium and the pro/am driver line-ups on the other contenders. Had the #1 lasted they'd probably cruised to victory, putting a lap on the Macca before SVG could get back into it."
Yup. You are entirely right---which is why that actually race the whole distance.
If the #63 hadn't hit a 'roo it would have been even stronger at the end. And as well as Greg Crick did, might a stronger driver have done more?
If the McLaren had one more really fast driver, SVG might have been a lot closer for his final stint---in fact, if VIP had shuffled the driver lineup and used different strategy, instead of burning out the car for two hours to take the lead--only to give it right back in the pits--SVG might have had more car to fight with at the end.
Or if the McLaren crew had swapped front pads like the HTP Merc did---
All that can be debated, but you run who you brung and however you run it.
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