I prefer the long version as well. As I said, the project I am working on is a 6 film 4 hour cut. Which means cutting about 9 hours worth of stuff. So getting the whole podrace sequence, from the hangar to the finish line down to about 4 minutes is kind of a must. The race itself edited down quite well. Using shots from lap one during the early parts and shots from lap two in the middle and from lap 3 at the end.