Sportscar racing is a little more relevant to the real world than F1.
After the Bentley Le Mans win in 2003 I made the following notes:
• Going not stopping
The winning Bentley at Le Mans this year set a new record number of laps covered in 24 hours for the current circuit. The 377 laps total is two more than the winning Audi from 2002, despite the narrower tyres enforced on the GTP cars, and the imposition of a 10% reduction of air restrictor to reduce power.
• Very little stopping
The winning Bentley also set a new record for the least time spent in the pit road during the race. Just 28 minutes in 24 hours were spent in the pit lane. This beats the previous record of 33 minutes by a GT3 Porsche in 2002.
• Stopping not going
Johnny Herbert’s fastest race lap early on Sunday morning was achieved mainly by stopping quicker rather than going quicker. Johnny used the cars massive carbon brakes to their maximum on a clear lap by braking very late with colossal pressure at the start of the braking when the downforce is greatest, then skilfully modulating the pedal pressure as the downforce reduced with speed to produce the difference between a good lap and a great lap.
• Stop and glow
During the race the heat dissipated by the Bentley’s brakes was enough to heat a typical British house in winter….all winter!
• Going after stopping
To ensure the safe arrival at its next pit stop, the Bentleys were normally only run for 13 or 14 lap stints in the race, so the maximum fuel load put into their 90 litre tanks in the race was 83 litres, but typically under 80 litres.
• Stopping and going
The Bentley cars accelerated from 100 to over 300kph over 2200 times during the 24 hours shifting gears over 20,000 times.
• Going and going
The cars each covered over 5000kms in 24 hours, the equivalent of a whole Grand Prix season run consecutively with just a few moments servicing.
• Going on and on
The Michelin tyres lasted up to 3 hours on the race-winning car, about 5 times as long as F1 tyres running at the same speed on a car almost twice as heavy.
• Going to stop
The cars used fuel at the rate of about 6 mpg, slightly worse than a 38 tonne truck.
• Not going to fly
The Bentleys were producing enough downforce to run upside down on the roof of a tunnel at 250kph (160 mph)
• Stopping for traffic
During qualifying, 3 laps of car 8 were within fractions of a second of Tom Kristensen’s pole position time in the sister Bentley before being blocked by traffic in the Porsche curves. It's a problem the world over!
• Going to get out
Tom Kristensen spent the longest continual time in a Bentley during the race with 3hours and 19 mins at the wheel in a quadruple stint. This was 4 mins longer than teammate Dindo Capello, but well inside the legal maximum of 4 hours.
Might need to work on the green issues a little
he he
engine, what an achievement if they could get this working efficiently. 
