Former Formula One driver Mark Webber has suffered a major crash in the 6 hours race of Sao Paulo, the last event of this year's World Endurance Championship.
I suspect that all the teams tanks are built slightly over-sized and then brought down to the limit using displacement balls:-Lycoming wrote:
Do they have a larger fuel cell ready to go though? I'm wondering how they would take advantage of the fuel capacity increase.
krisfx wrote:Can anyone tell me why Stéphane Sarrazin is arguing with the marshals about getting out of his car?
He's caused a red flag for the session already, his car ain't going anywhere, so what has he got to gain?
They should have a bit more power without hybrid boost, but when that happens, Toyota is already in a much higher speed due to much higher acceleration in low speed range when they have 200HP advantage.PorscheLMp1Fan wrote: Audi should actually have more power than the Toyota when the hybrid boost is over as they get a better fuel flow allowance. Looking at speed data the Audi is only a few kph down on the Toyota.
The stint length being shorter is logical as they use more fuel per lap in their energy allowance the the two petrols, so after the two fuel types have been made equivalent they're using it faster.
Offcourse: http://www.24h-lemans.com/en/race/results_2_2_2046.html03threefiftyz wrote:Is there a source for Practice/Qualifying trap speeds available?
Of course, but Audi went that way with the power-train, and they were close at Silverstone.Artur Craft wrote:They should have a bit more power without hybrid boost, but when that happens, Toyota is already in a much higher speed due to much higher acceleration in low speed range when they have 200HP advantage.PorscheLMp1Fan wrote: Audi should actually have more power than the Toyota when the hybrid boost is over as they get a better fuel flow allowance. Looking at speed data the Audi is only a few kph down on the Toyota.
The stint length being shorter is logical as they use more fuel per lap in their energy allowance the the two petrols, so after the two fuel types have been made equivalent they're using it faster.
The speed trap data says Toyota peaked at 339 but I have seen 343kph on the live telemetry during Practice, whereas Audi only reached 324kph on one of the straights and less in the others(again through live telemetry albeit I think it had 331 on speed trap).
On Eurosport, they said Toyota and Porsche are indeed expected to do 14 laps per stint while Audi 13. They also said teams are willing to use a set of tyres per 5 stints during the day and 6 during the night.
