What happens if a teams car breaks down?
Well, that depends on whose fault it is. If it is a vehicle that the Race production provided (i.e., a car that the teams have to drive themselves), and if the team didn’t cause it to break down by doing something stupid like driving over sharp rocks, or putting unleaded gasoline in a car that uses diesel, then the team can request a new vehicle from the production crewbut they get no time credit for the time they lost waiting for the new one to arrive. However, if the team caused the vehicle to break down, or if the vehicle is some sort of public transportation (taxi, bus, etc.), then the team is out of luck. They can try to get the vehicle fixed, or (sometimes) they can abandon it and find other transportation. In any case, no time credit is given, because breakdowns are simply one of the hazards of travel.
