[LM24] Test Day 2017

[Articus]

Originally Posted by J Jay

That's been the case from the factory teams for a number of years though, as long as the tyre setup is sorted overall I don't see triple/quad stints being an issue for either team.

So yeah, the car will triple stint out of neccesity( they only have so many tires for the race) , but what lap time will they do in the third or 4th stint? Also what happens when they are on a set of tires, and the track temp increases rapidly, or drops? Those lead to slower stints.

What we've seen so far is that Toyota are running a tire that probably works well for the current track conditions considering they are lapping 3:21 average over the full stint. But that doesn't mean they will achieve this in the 3rd or 4th stint or over 24 hours. Also that Porsche does not come into it's own while the Toyota drops off in different track conditions. That's about the only thing I gather from running so far.

[Artur]

Originally Posted by Articus

So yeah, the car will triple stint out of neccesity( they only have so many tires for the race) , but what lap time will they do in the third or 4th stint? Also what happens when they are on a set of tires, and the track temp increases rapidly, or drops? Those lead to slower stints.

They have been triple/quadruple stinting their tyres way before this 12 sets rule. In 2015, the Audis were able to lap in the 1.17s for 3 stints. On the fourth, the pace fell off a bit.

If I were Toyota, I would go for it on QLF because it will be the chance to make the outright lap of the circuit that will hold on for a long time(as ACO will make the P1s slower than the P2s, next year, as all their previous attempts to slow down the cars were compensated by massive developments). It will be a good marketing for Toyota to demolish the previous one from Porsche and maybe even break the one before the introduction of the chicanes.

Maybe I'm mixing things up but weren't the Dallaras said(or speculated) to be the dominators in the P2? The Orecas are trashing all the others.

[Akrapovic]

Originally Posted by Artur

Maybe I'm mixing things up but weren't the Dallaras said(or speculated) to be the dominators in the P2? The Orecas are trashing all the others.

I don't know where you got that Dallara would dominate? There aren't any Dallaras in WEC, and ELMS is of a (slightly) lower standard as WEC, and even in that Dallara have not dominated. Ligier won round 1, ORECA round 2. Dallara have been in the mix, but haven't won or looked dominant.

Remember that there was always going to be more ORECAs because of strong testing and the ability to upgrade the old car. It just makes sense, unfortunately.