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The FIA World Endurance Championship will introduce a Virtual Safety Car procedure in 2024, a new regulatory document released to
The new regulation, Article 14.7 of the series’ sporting regulations, allows the race director to declare a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) period for safety reasons. This is followed by a full safety car procedure. During the VSC period, cars on track must slow down to 80kph and maintain distance, with no overtaking allowed. The pit lane and pit exit remain open under the VSC. It is unclear if these rules replace or add to the previous full course yellow rules. The VSC was initially used in Formula 1 to create a safe area for marshals while maintaining gaps between cars, but in the WEC, a full safety car is deployed after each VSC, eliminating the preserved gaps.
