Oh why oh why can't we go back to the "fuel-formula"?????
Instead of this stupid air and boost restrictors?
And how to peg back horsepower without restrictors? Simple, limit the amount of energy
,
n'est-ce pas?
Say, 40 littres of fuel (irrelevant if it is gasoline or diesel) per 100 km (50l/100km in the latter Group C days)
et voilĂ*...
This in turn, would see us, simple mortals, gain also "something" out of this "boring and pointless sport
": less fuel hungry engines!
PS: let's do some maths please:
Audi R10:
15 laps per stint (Tom K did a 16 lap one it seems!)
LM: 13.650m
Per stint: 15*13.650=205
Per 100km= 90l*100km/205km = 44l/100km (simple 5th-grade maths!)
Now, let's do the same for the Pescas:
13 laps per stint
LM: 13.650m
Per stint: 13*13.650=177 km
Per 100 km = 90l*100km/177km = 51l/100km
Remember the late Group C days? The fuel was restricted to 50l per 100 km!
Yet, with more power (I don't believe they had less than 700bhp on race conditions!!!!), 15 years ago, they had better fuel consumption (I know, the Regs were different back then, but by know technology should have taken as well massive leaps forward!!!!!!)
What to prove? Hardly nothing was done to improve the MPG in 15 years (I hope no "greenie" is reading this!!)
BTW: Wasn't the R8 able to squeeze 15 laps per stint at LM (prior to 2005)? Maybe they (AUDI) were sandbagging this year
