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Originally Posted by J Jay
That's been the case from the factory teams for a number of years though, as long as the tyre setup is sorted overall I don't see triple/quad stints being an issue for either team.
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So yeah, the car will triple stint out of neccesity( they only have so many tires for the race) , but what lap time will they do in the third or 4th stint? Also what happens when they are on a set of tires, and the track temp increases rapidly, or drops? Those lead to slower stints.
What we've seen so far is that Toyota are running a tire that probably works well for the current track conditions considering they are lapping 3:21 average over the full stint. But that doesn't mean they will achieve this in the 3rd or 4th stint or over 24 hours. Also that Porsche does not come into it's own while the Toyota drops off in different track conditions. That's about the only thing I gather from running so far.