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Originally Posted by Steve McQ
Now I wait for Adam43 post race analysis with impatience
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OK. Here we go.
Let's start with Hypercar and Lap times. This could live in the main thread, but it is relevant, to a certain extent here, and is asked for here.
I say "to a certain extent" because BoP assessment is not by lap time. It is to match performance not lap time. I know that sounds odd, but it is key.
The ACO have data from the cars that they judge this on. Now we can infer the performance from the lap time, especially as it is all we have. Also performance will be laptime if all else goes well. However, I make this point because it is a subtle, but very important, nuance.
I've done Top 50, 100 and 150 laps. By 100 it might be a bit dodgy depending on how many actual competetive laps, in dry running each car got. The tables are ranked by Top 50.
Average Lap time
| Rank | Car | Fastest | Top 50 | Top 100 | Top 150 | Laps |
| 1 | 50 Ferrari | 3:26.984 | 3:28.411 | 3:29.262 | 3:30.104 | 337 |
| 2 | 51 Ferrari | 3:27.890 | 3:29.014 | 3:29.701 | 3:30.460 | 342 |
| 3 | 5 Porsche | 3:27.712 | 3:29.300 | 3:30.085 | 3:31.037 | 329 |
| 4 | 8 Toyota | 3:27.549 | 3:29.382 | 3:30.154 | 3:30.733 | 342 |
| 5 | 3 Cadillac | 3:28.298 | 3:29.749 | 3:30.434 | 3:31.094 | 340 |
| 6 | 6 Porsche | 3:27.739 | 3:29.759 | 3:30.487 | 3:31.218 | 320 |
| 7 | 311 Cadillac | 3:27.963 | 3:29.731 | 3:30.636 | 3:31.658 | 324 |
| 8 | 94 Peugeot | 3:28.446 | 3:30.123 | 3:31.038 | 3:32.059 | 312 |
| 9 | 93 Peugeot | 3:28.796 | 3:30.267 | 3:31.046 | 3:31.806 | 330 |
| 10 | 2 Cadillac | 3:27.967 | 3:30.425 | 3:31.122 | 3:31.790 | 341 |
| 11 | 38 Porsche | 3:28.075 | 3:30.290 | 3:31.570 | 3:35.940 | 244 |
| 12 | 708 Glickenhaus | 3:29.577 | 3:31.048 | 3:31.841 | 3:32.667 | 335 |
| 13 | 709 Glickenhaus | 3:29.835 | 3:31.571 | 3:32.505 | 3:33.504 | 333 |
| 14 | 4 Vanwall | 3:32.636 | 3:37.028 | 3:51.684 | 4:30.730 | 165 |
| 15 | 7 Toyota | 3:29.993 | 3:36.959 | 4:30.502 | NA | 103 |
| 16 | 75 Porsche | 3:29.916 | 3:46.007 | NA | NA | 84 |
Quick Observations.
#50 quicker than #51. Yes, but one had nothing to lose and was pushing to get back on terms. However, it was a quick crew.
Toyota behind, although it's 110th best lap onwards is very similar to Ferrari. Not sure what to take from this. Slightly more peaky performance from the Ferrari, but in the conditions (and with tyre warmers) it didn't really matter for this race?
Obviously #7 didn't run laps in the best conditions.
#5 Porsche - it's ranked 3rd on this table. But after the 100th best lap it falls away and quickly.
Peugeot doesn't look very strong here at all. It had its moment in the sun, when it was damp. That will not show well on these charts.
Glick destroyed Vanwall. Although the Vanwall was on fire.
I won't comment more - please let me know what you think. I'll run some more charts.