Fed up with LMP1 of late.

[J Jay]

That's bigger than I thought, I assumed it was closer to an hour. So let's take it a bit further and assume next year's LMP2 will be 5s/lap faster overall (another lazy assumption if nobody minds).

LMP2 2016 average lap - 4:02
LMP2 2017 average lap - 3:57

Which would have led to 364(.5) laps in this year's race, and a 70 minute gap to the winning car. So even if LMP1 isn't faster next year LMP2 will still be a long way behind, and the only overall podium chance would be for two factory cars to suffer major problems.

[LC2guy]

Originally Posted by J Jay

the only overall podium chance would be for two factory cars to suffer major problems.

With Audi gone, I'd imagine the ACO are on the phone asking Porsche & Toyota to enter 3 each !!! Plenty of Drivers available, and VAG entered 4 this year, so dropping to 3 for the big one shouldn't be a stretch, and Toyota after this years heartbreak may now look at 3 for 2017. Regarding LMP1 in general, to me they are awesome, but are too expensive and there aren't enough of them to maintain a healthy series. Go back to basics, base the chassis rules on LMP2 but allow any engine that the manufacturer wants, unrestricted. Oh, wait .....

[joeb]

Originally Posted by J Jay

That's bigger than I thought, I assumed it was closer to an hour. So let's take it a bit further and assume next year's LMP2 will be 5s/lap faster overall (another lazy assumption if nobody minds).

LMP2 2016 average lap - 4:02
LMP2 2017 average lap - 3:57

Which would have led to 364(.5) laps in this year's race, and a 70 minute gap to the winning car. So even if LMP1 isn't faster next year LMP2 will still be a long way behind, and the only overall podium chance would be for two factory cars to suffer major problems.

Ok, that is 70 minutes over 24 hours. But what would the gaps look like over a typical 6 hour race?

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by joeb

Ok, that is 70 minutes over 24 hours. But what would the gaps look like over a typical 6 hour race?

On the assumption of just dividing by 4, 17.5 minutes. So 15-20 minutes depending on the circuit over 6 hours.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by Akrapovic

On the assumption of just dividing by 4, 17.5 minutes. So 15-20 minutes depending on the circuit over 6 hours.

Thanks, i just did some checking and here is what the results say so far this year:

Silverstone
Rebellion 10 and 12 laps back
Best P2 15 laps back

Spa
Rebellion 4 and 5 laps back
Best P2 9 laps back

Nurburgring
Rebellion 16 laps back
Best P2 16 laps back

Mexico
Rebellion 12 laps back
Best P2 20 laps back

COTA
Rebellion 12 laps back
Best P2 14 laps back

Fuji
Rebellion 15 laps back
Best P2 21 laps back

I haven't converted that into times, but for the most part P1P still enjoyed an advantage over the P2's. A Faster p2 will close that gap for sure but might not be in the range of the P1P's.