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Why would it need more fuel--the R8 or R10 were never effected by areo changes from LM to a sprint package. The #8 had understeer issues all day, and that probably burned up fuel. Also, during one stint, the #8 actually took 10 seconds out of the Pugs, and I doubt it was traffic. Pugs probably knew at the pace that they ran early that if they kept it up they would be 1-3 laps short like the #8 Audi was, so they backed off because they knew that unless something major happened, they weren't gonna blow a one minute lead, of which about 20 seconds of which was gained by Audi changing tires on the 8 after a spin, which that itself cost nearly 10 seconds.
IE, Peugeot wasn't quite as fast as one would think, as the #8 making one extra tire stop and a spin spotted Peugeot an easy 30 seconds.
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