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Originally Posted by Bentley03

Hopefully jhansen will consider this to be 'hard evidence', the actual figures have been well documented elsewhere; Cosworth claim to have bettered the output of the old R8 powerplant with their new contender. They have used the best technology available to them, but the figures they present for this rather handy piece of kit still fall way short of the figures being used by Audi and Peugeot in reference to their diesel equivalents. Despite the units inability to compare favourably with the diesels, Cosworth have made it clear that the cost will be prohibitive to most privateers and are targeting works/factory/manufacturer teams in order to sell it.
AER’s LMP1 contender is a clean sheet, purpose built unit. Even with direct injection, the projected output figures for this engine fall way short of the Audi and Peugeot diesels.

Cosworth stated that they will may not build an engine for the P1 cars.

a friend of mine emailed them this question

Originally Posted by micro

I emailed Cosworth the following question:

Will Cosworth use their new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V-8 in Le Mans
racing next year?

Their response:

At this time we are not sure if we will be involved
in LMP1 racing.

Thanks.

Ken Anderson
Sales/Marketing
Cosworth, Inc.