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Old 24 Apr 2010, 22:36 (Ref:2679121)   #684
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Here's what I got from their site:

Audi ideal vs actual best: 1:42.381 vs 1:42.541

Peugeot ideal vs actual best: 1:42.498 vs 1:43.166

And according to the same data, the Audi was faster in all sectors, but barely. Also, the other Oreca car(the AIM V10 gasser) was slightly faster than both the Audi and Pug in sector 3, but again barely.

But what can be inferred? That the Audi can run closer to its ideal lap time and do so more consistantly? Or is the Pug still a little twitchy due to it's trademark open wheel-esque suspension set up(and Paul Ricard doesn't even have that many bumps or high curbs)? Or is lap times irrelevant and it's the average lap time that matters?

Also, the Pug set it's fast lap very early on, by about lap 5, while the Audi set a fast lap early as well but bettered it late in the event. So it seems that the Audi was a little more consistant though out the race, but the biggest fluctulations(obviously) came in traffic, which seemed to be the Pug's bain most of the time.
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