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Trouble is if you give the Penske P2's performance breaks to compete with the P1's Diesils at LM they would wipe the floor with them at most other tracks.
Le Mans is unique in that most of the circuit is single bends followed by long straights - Tetre rouge, the two chicanes, mulsanne, arnage and the Ford chicane are all like this. The only section that would favour a fast p2 is the Porsche curves which accounts for about 1 mile of an 8 mile track. I remember several times this year where the Audis have just blasted past the Porsches on the straights including RA, Mosport and Detroit.
The ACO's argument about P2's not competing with P1's at Le Mans is probably therefore right. But this may not stop them competing elsewhere.
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