Tomorrow's field: 11 teams, 3 hours
Each driver who raced LM16 carries the clean lap of the team they drove for there. Team reference pace is the average over its known drivers. LM16 timing is per team, not per driver, so this is a guide, not a driver ranking. Predicted laps use the rules set in the planner.
What decided LM16
Gap to leader, lap by lap
Stints and pit stops
Each bar is one stint on racing time (red-flag pause removed). Darker bars were faster relative to that team's own median lap. Hover a bar for details.
Team numbers
Clean lap = median lap with pit, out-lap and red-flag laps removed. Pit lane over 60 s = seconds spent above a 1:00.0 stop, summed over all 5 stops. Model laps = what the planner formula predicts from that team's pace and pit losses.
Race rules
Set to the LM17 regulations: 3 h, at least 8 stops with driver and kart change, stints of 5–30 min (pit-out to pit-in), 60 s minimum stop, pit lane closed in the first and last 5 min, 30 joker laps.
Drivers
All three start at 35.30 s, a placeholder near the LM16 field median. Put in each driver's real clean lap from practice or qualifying, and the real minimum and maximum driving times from the rules.
Recommended plan
Caution and safety-car risk
If a full-course yellow or safety car makes a stop cheaper, keeping stops in hand has value. This runs 3,000 simulated races and compares three ways to time the stops. LM16 had no cautions, only a red flag that stopped the clock, so leave the rate at 0 for that kind of race.