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Originally Posted by Crazy_Pigal
There's no way that they'll run without some sort of instanaeous performance limit though, as mentioned in previous posts I'd expect a fuel flow limit to be implemented.
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The minutes of the ACO meeting last year gave more details:
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/newsjuly10.html
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Power: limited by a maximum instantaneous amount of energy that can be used. The control will be made with a mandatory common box that will drive the injectors.
Precision and application of such equipment raised as being very challenging.
Other proposal: control could be achieved by allocation of fuel quantity. Such quantity for race refueling being directly linked to the amount of laps done and policed by ACO.
For electrical energy, instead of allocation, the control of the used energy seems presently the only possibility. It must be policed by ACO. They could lead to a particular category: experimental
Still need to find a solution for qualifying conditions.
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That suggests either a total fuel quantity allocation
or a fuel flow limitation (which according to the manufacturers is challenging to measure).
In case people are wondering how 1500 liters of petrol compares to the last editions of Le Mans:
- In 2011 the R18 consumed 37.08 liter/100 km x 4838.295 km = 1794 liters of diesel (see here). The ACO gives petrol cars a 15% bigger fuel tank (75 liter vs 65 liter). So that means an equivalent of 2070 liters of petrol.
- In 2010 the R15+ consumed 43.43 liter/100 km x 5410.713 km = 2350 liters of diesel (see here). The ACO gave petrol cars a 11% bigger fuel tank (90 liter vs 81 liter). So that means an equivalent of 2610 liters of petrol.
- In 2008 the R10 consumed 45.56 liter/100 km x 5192.649 km = 2365 liters of diesel (see here). That means an equivalent of 2630 liters of petrol.
- In 2007 the R10 consumed 42.19 liter/100 km x 5029.11 km = 2122 liters of diesel (see here). That means an equivalent of 2360 liters of petrol.
It should be noted that this year there were two very long cautions and in 2010 the distance record was broken. Anyway the proposal that lays on the table is a serious reduction in fuel consumption.