Just heard the final result have been modified, with four cars excluded from the race after scrutineering
(#77 wining GT2 Porsche, #29 Racing box Lola, #26 Radical & #32 Barazi Epsilon Zytek)
sstanescu wrote:Does anybody knows any news about the Audi R15? I know the design was challenged. And I would have expected to have another run before the 24h. Sebring was a lucky one and Kolles seems is not really there (driver lineup?). It will be a Peugeot run all the way to the finish line
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Well, I believe the R15 is running intensively before LM, just not in races.
Both Audi's Wolfgang Ulrich and Peugeot's Brunno Famin stated they need an extra test to make sure the suspentions components and brakes are OK with the extra 30kg ballast added by the ACO.
For sure Peugeot used the Spa race to test some stuff related to it already
(they had the ballast in the cars), as well as using the restricted fuel hose which makes refulling longer. Still, they're planning an extra 30 hours test at the HTTT before heading to Le Mans.
It is also rumoured that Aston are planning to introduce a new iteration of their V12, with direct injection for a boost in performance and fuel consumption. Quite daring to bring new unraced design at LM, but if it holds together, it could just make the racing tighter! But Spa's lap times showed diesels still have the upper hand, and I guess it will mean something like 5 sec a lap advantage for the Audi & Pug in La Sarthe...
