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Originally Posted by cokata
Last year they had clearly better engine and aero then Porsche, but inferior hybrid system. This year they have made only minor improvements to the hybrid system and the aero, and no improvements that we know of for the engine.
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Don't know about better engine than Porsche even last year... last year Porsche was enamored with making 15 laps stints at LM... they were betting on a different strategy than a motorsport turbo engine implies, cause old 4 cylinders turbo engines at F1 could easily pass the 1000 hp only by themselves.(way above the possibilities of V8 NA)
[ diesels always seemed they don't need the same *top* levels of power possibilities (never had them) to be better overall]
This year the results so far don't leave any doubt i think (don't only look at size and # cylinders)
About hybrid, i think the Toyota system is still the potentially best config (could play wonders at Audi)... now depends on how sophisticated the release is managed (differently for every single little corner of every circuit), and on the capacity of harvest(Toyota's woes for the 8MJ). So Toyota is only worst becasue is a class lower than Porsche.
About aeros, though the car is well balanced... it can't hide its design age... clearly...