True, but there is no way around it, is there :-)? Si Coe's explanation is a simple fact, nothing to do about it.
Here in Belgium, at some club races, they do 7 or 8 minute finals, which is perfectly possible with 5 or 6 heats in total. Also todays material is up to it, even in 4WD. We did a 12H race, ran similar pace as we did on that tracks national event, and could easily run 20 minutes in 2WD, so 7-8 minutes should be easy :-)
The extra minutes help to practise concentration, so it's no disadvantage when you switch back to 5mins on a bigger event (in fact it is an advantage).
Some people want nitro style bump up finals and then a longer A main to get more runtime. But then you take away runtime from people who don't get in the A main, or who don't bump up 7 finals.
So I like it the way it is now, same amount of track time for everyone (except at reeeeeeally big races as only the A main gets 3 runs).
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