Race Start and Opening Laps | 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour | IGTC + Fanatec GT Australia

We're racing in Bathurst! Watch the excitement and tension build, as the 2024 Repco Bathurst 12 Hour starts under a safety car before the action gets underway.
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[@QF_Dan72]

i miss when they used to do double file start

[@jorhop4005]

What was the reason for starting with two laps of safety car instead of two formation laps?

[@bengreen6296]

To gain heat in the tyres and brakes

[@jorhop4005]

@@bengreen6296 which is normally done during formation laps.

[@bengreen6296]

I think it’s to do with the temps at that time of day, one lap might not be substantial