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Everything is relative, namely that there is probably never going to be a 100% perfect lap with a 100% perfect car with a 100% perfect driver behind the wheel.
But I feel that the following can be infered:
Audi now has a car that can(emphisis on can) equal Peugeot on a high speed track, not just and ALMS-style track.
Oreca might be basically the Peugeot junior varsity team(as their goal is to win the LMS, and possibly serve as back up for the LMIC if the Peugeot factoy team couldn't run it), but that's hard to say as they have a mostly 2010 spec car.
Audi and very well Peugeot have some cards they ain't shown yet; Audi due to car development and Peugeot due to them unquestionably sandbagging at Sebring(Audi had a 2009 R15 with the 2010 engine package that ran over a second faster and Peugeot's best race lap in a private test a couple of months ago), and Audi probably didn't show their full hand at Paul Ricard, as it was seen basically as a shakedown for Spa and Le Mans.
Audi seems to have a better car for twisty high downforce cirucits, which should help them at Spa and in the LMIC.
But the question remains: Has Peugeot really cut back R&D on the 908, and if so, could it cost them LM and the LMIC, especially if the Audi improves even further? And with Paul Ricard being just one race with no factoy Peugeots, trying to make a major judgement may be just as useless as using Sebring as a meter stick as no Audis were entered, but Paul Ricard at least had a factory supported 908 that was mostly a 2010 car.
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