@JimmyBroadbent Because they want to race the american way without saying it out front, so they do all this nonsense. Never understood why anyone would want to see that on a endurance race, what is the point racing 24h if gaps get resets every time a car goes into the gravel...
When Alex Zanardi competed in the DTM at Misano in 2018 as a guest, he beat many of the series regulars en route to P5. As BMW told him he finished fifth, Zanardi said it was "the best joke of the weekend" and "I'm an old man, you can't tease me this way". He couldn't believe it.