In 2007, while changing their pace in order to beat Peugeot, the Audi R10 TDi hit 339 km/h (211 mph) on the Mulsanne Straight, which was … car segment ... hybrid cars. "Is it going to cause problems in the race?
"It's a lot easier to overtake them because we're arriving a lot quicker, our top speed is much higher than last year," said Panciatici. High top speeds in LMP1 @LeMans. ".The best of the LMP1s - ByKolles' privateer #4 ENSO CLM P1/01-Nismo, which recorded a best speed of 208.8mph - was only fourth quickest, while the best of the P1 Hybrids, the #8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID, was all the way down in 14th place on just 205.5 mph.Despite the LMP2s being a quicker in a straight line, the best lap time in the class - a 3m28.146s set by Nelson Panciatici in the #35 Signatech Alpine ORECA 07-Gibson - was 10 seconds slower than the 3m18.132s set by Kamui Kobayashi in the #7 Toyota.Panciatici said the LMP2 speed increase has made life easier for drivers in the secondary division, as picking off GT cars in a straight line has become a much more straightforward task. "It's great they're catching you and passing you quickly, but if there's a big group of them, it's going to cause some problems. The new LMP2 cars' straightline speed increase means it will feel "like having 30 LMP1 cars" in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, reckons Corvette GTE driver Oliver Gavin Somit besteht die LMP1-Klasse nur noch aus … 2012 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 Race Car.
We also need to manage that.
Top Speed: 180 mph (Est.) I'm hoovering around 320km/h.In the Audi I’m regularly hitting 328/330 on the straights.The trick is to manage the ride heights such that you have the back of the car as close to the ground as possible. This means having a stiff front heave spring with a ride height of 52 or more, with a soft rear spring and minimum ride height.Yep, by having minimum rake (angle of the car chassis height from front to rear) you're reducing effective wing angle and also pulling the rear wing down more into the dirty air behind the cockpit, which reduces drag (and downforce, of course). The technical requirements for an LMP include bodywork covering all mechanical elements of the car. This also creates more understeer as you're actually increasing the efficiency of the underbody aero as well.330 with to much boosting yes its possible.. with a reasonable boost you only looking to hit 320-325. in draft it should be 330+.I haven't had much time in LMP1 but I ran a few laps in each, 220 is easy in the Audi just shift up to 6th and use all boost, I've run faster laps in the Porsche but didn't pay attention to speed.non hybrid cars have a faster top speed than hybrids at lemans, you make more time getting up to speed quickly than by having a higher top speed,Aero is the thing you didn't mention changing that you need to change for high top speed,He mentioned changing his wings and ride heights. New issue out every week.Search from almost 4,500 motorsport businesses,Autosport's Alex Kalinauckas and Luke Smith are joined by GP Racing Magazine's Stuart Codling and Motorsport.com's Jonathan Noble to dissect a crazy race at Mugello,Autosport debates the greatest touring car of all time in the latest of our special series of podcasts to celebrate our 70th birthday,Relishing the opportunity to congratulate Ferrari reaching its 1000th Grand Prix, Mission Winnow has created a video that captures the team's most iconic moments in F1,With the coronavirus-enforced delays and build-up to practice and qualifying over, the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours is about to begin,This year is not the first occasion the Le Mans 24 Hours has been postponed from its traditional June date to September. But, over recent months, drivers have begun to open up more about the inner demons they each face and how they are overcoming them.Expert opinion. The new LMP2 cars' straightline speed increase means it will feel "like having 30 LMP1 cars" in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, reckons Corvette GTE driver Oliver Gavin.The speed traps in last Sunday's official Le Mans test day were dominated by LMP2s, with the #47 Villorba Corse-entered Dallara P217-Gibson topping the charts at 212.1 mph.Gavin believes the new-found speed of the LMP2s, which were eight seconds a lap faster on Sunday than at last year's Le Mans test, will mean the GT drivers will have to be more alert when being lapped.