The never ending problem of "what if?"Just a lot of chance, an almost complete clear lap.(very rare in LeMans)
in 2015, the Porsche 919 with such a clear lap and in these conditions would have done the lap in 3,13 min imo.
excuse my english guys.
Thats true. They sacrifice braking to recharge energy to use out of corners and gain more time accelerating vs. braking later. Its odd really, but with hybrid, its the faster way.I heard Allan McNish as commentator tell that they do the lift a lot before braking to let the hybrid system to charge with electric power during this coasting before braking.
He said this actually give more speed in the end because they use that energy to accelerate faster out of the corner on exit
Well, indeed they are lifting [as you later said]. The problem is, they are only allowed to use so much (fossil) energy per lap, but are allowed to produce 6 or 8 MJ per lap. But this recharging, as I learned it, can only work by letting off the throttle. Why ever that is...it only recharges while using it as a brake?I don't think its lifting, one of the commentators said that to not overuse the quota of Hybrid Toyota and Porsche are allocated they have are down on power in certain parts of the track. Pre-determined by the engineers. If they go over that quota its then deemed a break in the rules and they are reprimanded. Maybe they lift before heavy braking zones to make back the quota? I don't know... Just making assumptions
Audi have never entered a GT-LM car, BMW not since the GT2 days. [no GT3s allowed here]No audi or bmw enteries in either GT Pro or AM this yr?
I personally don't think so. The time does come from the development of the hybrid power, in 2015 fuel consumption and electrical energy would not allowed this time imo. But don't trust me, I'm an hardcore expert.in 2015, the Porsche 919 with such a clear lap and in these conditions would have done the lap in 3,13 min imo.
Well, I like Colles and his team. But what I know is they got 650 hp and aero rules close to the works cars. That's what differentiates those classes. I am from Germany and I still think they need to do better. It's NO achievement to drive around in the LMP2 field. Not in an LMP1 car!Don't be so hard on the Bykolles. It's a privateer team, it's also non-hybrid so it's losing 600hp to the LMP-H cars on corner exit and around the lap so to get within 6 seconds of the slowest factory car is actually a pretty good achievement.
My english is limited , my thought is, if i can clarify my message: Kamui is not a legend driver, it is not an offense to recognize that, maaany drivers in the world are faster than Kamui.The never ending problem of "what if?"
Don't underestimate the tactics. Sure, luck is always a factor, but being there at the right moment is for the greater part tactics and only just a small tiny bit luck imho.
lol what's point with quali with a 6 LMP1 cars and 24 hours to race; seems somewhat pointless haha