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Originally Posted by Mal
I dont see why it is a black mark for Toyota - their lap times were faster so if the straight speeds are similar they must have improved their speeds in the twisty bits which presumably means they are using more downforce.
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Of course they are quicker, i think they aero is second to the Audi (L/D), but they have by far the least improved power train of the 3. They have barely made any gains on the hybrid side, and yet have kept the same engine.
As a basic rule for any engine is that even if you keep the same architecture, you can improve the efficiency by increasing the displacement and reducing the RPM, like they did in '14 (3.4->3.7 liter). You would have thought that not going to a higher MJ class would give them enough weight to play with in order to bump the displacement somewhat.