[WEC] Ferrari Hypercar Discussion

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by PhilipR

Laurens on his podcast did refer to the Ferraris losing a lot of oil and it dirties the windscreen of the cars behind. ALso mention that if it is intentional then that is smart XD

Suggesting it is intentional! still people will lap it up.


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Originally Posted by Aysedasi

There was certainly discussion of it very early in the race, but I don't recall any later on, but I didn't have my ears on continually....

I recall it stopped too.

Probably over filled and while you might expect that to go away after a few laps it lasted for the first stint or two.


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[TF110]

Regarding the oil it have appeared later on in the race, I think it affected the #7 when DeVries was in the car in the morning

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by TF110

Regarding the oil it have appeared later on in the race, I think it affected the #7 when DeVries was in the car in the morning

Perhaps they topped up before that his stint?

[J Jay]

Laurens will know all about dropping oil in front of your rivals, given what happened at the end of Spa 24 2020 (that was four years ago? Now I feel old...). We'll see if it is still the case for the rest of the season.

On the driver conduct side, Dries had some measured but choice words for Kubica!

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by J Jay

On the driver conduct side, Dries had some measured but choice words for Kubica!

When you say measured were they just four letters long.

I was really enjoying Kubica’s drive up until that point. Still not seen it on the big screen, but I’m not hopeful it makes it look any better.

[J Jay]

Originally Posted by Adam43

When you say measured where they just four letters long.

No, he was more diplomatic. But off-mic, it would have been. It centred more on Kubica's apparent insistence that his shunt was justified and not checking in with Dries after the incident.

[flatlandsman]

The same team that ran the same scam in F1 a few years ago with huge oil blow by remember.

[Articus]

Originally Posted by flatlandsman

The same team that ran the same scam in F1 a few years ago with huge oil blow by remember.

You can't take advantage of it in WEC thanks to the torque sensors. WEC doesn't care if you are burning oil, fuel, or electric so long as you don't exceed the power limit. It's a foolproof concept.

[Adam43]

And any advantage you could conceive only works if the oil is burnt, not if it is deposited on a Cadillac windscreen.

[Adam43]

How did the drivers compare at Le Mans?

Well it is hard to read too much into a race with changeable conditions, but here's the data.

Average Lap time (order Top 20)
Average Lap time

Rank	Car	Fastest	Top 10	Top 20	Top 40	Laps
1	Alessandro PIER GUIDI (P) Ferrari 51	3:29.098	3:29.977	3:30.483	3:32.809	104
2	Antonio FUOCO (P) Ferrari 50	3:29.208	3:30.339	3:30.821	3:31.626	96
3	Nicklas NIELSEN (P) Ferrari 50	3:29.311	3:30.831	3:32.008	3:37.363	118
4	James CALADO (P) Ferrari 51	3:29.384	3:30.262	3:30.632	3:31.243	112
5	Antonio GIOVINAZZI (P) Ferrari 51	3:29.635	3:30.344	3:30.962	3:33.312	95
6	Yifei YE (G) Ferrari 83	3:29.922	3:31.126	3:34.539	5:18.445	46
7	Miguel MOLINA (P) Ferrari 50	3:29.963	3:30.467	3:30.766	3:31.326	97
8	Robert KUBICA (P) Ferrari 83	3:30.329	3:31.426	3:32.403	3:37.995	97
9	Robert SHWARTZMAN (P) Ferrari 83	3:30.493	3:30.885	3:31.225	3:31.706	105

YE, the Gold (!) didn't get many laps. Was there a reason for that? I don't recall.

Charts show the spread. Two scales are provided to give a little flavour of the dry periods and wet periods. Even the bigger scale chart is truncated before the SC periods.

[Mike E]

6 track day versions of the 499P already delivered! Nice little earner, no doubt.

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