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The power cut will keep the LMP1s at best hovering around or just above the 200mph mark, and that might be optimistic. However, they have more power than the LMP2s last year (think '07/'08 LMP2 power levels in the ALMS) and more grip because of wider tires, and having a bit more power can possibly allow them to run a bit more downforce than the previous year's LMP2 cars, and there'll be more coupes than in LMP2.
I think if not this year, then next year possibly, that we'll see the 3:30 mark shattered. Remember, in '08, the Pugs lapped nearly 10 seconds a lap faster than in '07 in qualifying (on the order of about 8 seconds to be more precise). If the LMP1s can gain about a second or so lap a year at your average ALMS/LMS/ILMC circuit, that has to be multiplied by about 2-3 times that for LM.
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