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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Remember, Audi held a little in reserve at Le Mans, and knew that if they pushed Peugeot and they had problems, that the Pug guys would drop the hammer and make it a do or die run, which is exactly what happened.
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Audi was driving as fast as they could without taking no many risks. There was not real reserve.
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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Also, the revised R15, by your own admission, was faster than the Oreca 908(which was in the same spec the factory cars would've been) at Paul Ricard and were just as fast in the race at Spa in spite of now running the optimal areo package.
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First race with the car for Oreca and less powerful engine spec.
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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Chassis wise, the R15 is better for the ALMS/LMS type tracks, where the ability to change direction rapidly, weight distribution and cornering speed are just as if not more important than straightline speed, which the Audis lacked at LM even with the revised bodyword to equal the Pugs' downforce in the Porsche curves.
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Perfect weight distribution is important for short start/stop circuits. Silverstone and Road Atlanta are high speed tracks with a lot of flowing sections. In the past Peugeot was really good in this type of track because of its good mechanical grip and better aero.
Peugeot is not bad on slower tracks either. Remember 1000 km of Catalunya 2008 where the 908 dominated the old R10:
http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s55_...=6&id_course=3