Endurance craft
Minimum and maximum drive time
Sporting rules bound each driver's time at the wheel, from minimum shares to Le Mans' 14-hour cap.
WEC sporting regulations bound how long each member of a crew may drive. Every driver must complete a minimum share of the race, so a crew cannot park its amateur, and maximum limits cap any one driver's total, most famously at Le Mans, where no driver may exceed 14 hours at the wheel across the 24.
The limits shape strategy quietly: crews plan stint sequences around who must still drive and for how long, and a penalty or an early problem can force an unplanned driver change purely to stay legal. The rules exist for safety and for sporting balance in Pro-Am classes alike.
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