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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Fassler has been off the pace at Fuji and it seems the same is going on here.
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These are the average lap times of all the stints of the #1 Audi.
| no | driver | laps | average |
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| 1 | Tréluyer | 27 | 1:51.758 |
| 2 | Tréluyer | 28 | 1:51.604 |
| 3 | Fässler | 28 | 1:51.958 |
| 4 | Fässler | 27 | 1:51.891 |
| 5 | Lotterer | 28 | 1:51.844 |
| 6 | Lotterer | 28 | 1:51.194 |
| 7 | Lotterer | 25 | 1:52.015 |
Fässler had a similar average lap time as the first and third stint of Lotterer. However, Lotterer probably consolidated his position during his last stint.
A similar analysis for the #2 Audi.
| no | driver | laps | average |
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| 1 | McNish | 27 | 1:51.574 |
| 2 | McNish | 28 | 1:51.783 |
| 3 | Kristensen | 28 | 1:51.721 |
| 4 | Kristensen | 28 | 1:51.284 |
| 5 | McNish | 28 | 1:51.373 |
| 6 | Kristensen | 28 | 1:51.331 |
| 7 | Kristensen | 24 | 1:51.526 |
Finally, a similar analysis for the #7 Toyota.
| no | driver | laps | average |
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| 1 | Lapierre | 23 | 1:50.719 |
| 2 | Lapierre | 25 | 1:50.719 |
| 3 | Wurz | 25 | 1:50.714 |
| 4 | Wurz | 25 | 1:50.402 |
| 5 | Lapierre | 25 | 1:50.600 |
| 6 | Lapierre | 25 | 1:51.243 |
| 7 | Wurz | 21 | 1:50.983 |
| 8 | Wurz | 22 | 1:51.690 |
This shows that Toyota was gaining 1 second per lap during the first half of the race, which was more than enough to do the final splash. At the end of the race (from stint 6 on) the drivers just brought the car home.
The average sector times show where Audi was losing time to Toyota.
| | sector 1 | sector 2 | sector 3 | total |
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| 1 | 38.410 | 40.227 | 33.103 | 1:51.739 |
| 2 | 38.253 | 40.111 | 33.130 | 1:51.493 |
| 7 | 37.799 | 39.876 | 33.214 | 1:50.889 |