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Old 16 Dec 2003, 22:12 (Ref:813517)   #18
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Originally posted by Pilgrimage
Does anyone know whether the cars run flat out now? I get the feeling that as well as being tuned down for the big race that very few of the cars are being pushed to the limits as they used to be.
Also didn't really get the impression of speed this year as much as before - LM getting too user friendly?
Here's something I observed in '02:

2001 Audi R8 times, qaulifying/race:
Car #1 3:32.458/3:39.096
Car #2 3:32.429/3:39.046
Car #3 3:34.392/3:42.883
Car #4 3:35.128/3:40.362
Average time difference, qualifying to race: 6.745 seconds

2002 Audi R8 times, qaulifying/race:
Car #1 3:30.220/3:33.483
Car #2 3:29.905/3:33.886
Car #3 3:30.800/3:34.603
Car #5 3:38.130/3:38.215
Average time difference, qualifying to race: 2.783 seconds
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