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Originally Posted by chernaudi
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.
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The #1 Peugeot at Le Mans ran 13-lap stints while pushing at the limit and doing 3:20-3:21 laps to make up lost time, so the fuel theory doesn't stand up. They have held the fuel consumption advantage card this year. Also, in the first stint of this race, where all three cars that eventually finished on the podium pushed as hard as possible, the #1 Peugeot matched the #8 Audi on fuel mileage and the #4 Peugeot went a lap longer than both.
In any case, even without the issues, the #8 Audi would only have been around the #4 Peugeot at the end of the race, #1 was out and gone in the lead.