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Old 4 Mar 2011, 15:01 (Ref:2840179)   #13
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Originally Posted by Fogelhund View Post
Last years fastest LMP2 was Leventis/Watts/Kane Strakka Racing HPD ARX-01 3min 33.079secs LMP2.

We added 9% more weight, with "essentially" the same engine rules, and people think that they will be SEVEN seconds faster than last year?

That is a massive performance gain. Even making up for the 9% weight gain, and being equal to last years time is a pretty impressive feat. I'll be surprised if anyone is below 3:30 to be honest.
Comparing this years times to last years P2 times will likely give a good idea of times. But, I wonder how much difference a diesel will make, and the new aero the factory cars will have to work with. I am really interested to see how the ARX-01e does in comparison to last years ARX-01c. To me that will be a good benchmark for comparison.
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