[WEC Race] 2016 FIA WEC 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas aka Lone Star Le Mans

[TF110]

They basically put all they had into the LM car. So hopefully next year they up the budget and focus more funds on the high downforce version. And maybe a third car with Pechito Lopez?

edit- the #7 taking an early stop!

[TF110]

Both lead Porsche and Toyota pit as well.

[Creep89]

So why are we still under FCY?

[Ephaeton]

Originally Posted by Creep89

So why are we still under FCY?

just wondered the same myself. Maybe eduardo wants to have a full lap under FCY conditions (or an integer number of laps under FCY conditions) so it evens out more wrt competitive advantages

edit: seems like it. It takes 4 min 8 to circle the lap under FCY speed, FCY time was 4 min 30.

[ederss7]

Stupid FCY.

[TF110]

Toyota no longer need their splash, and have taken care of their used tire issue with this pit the #6 just took.

[Acid09]

This year's post-LM season is certainly not as much of a loss for Toyota as 2015 was.

They`re always able to compete with at least one of the opponents.

[Maelochs]

With strategy Toyota might be able to be a factor in the finish (with its new tires) at least to fight for a podium ... Like kvenom, I want Toyota to be one of three, not the fastest also-ran. Pretty interesting so far, and could get better.

Now Audi might double-stint and save new rubber for the end ... but they cannot double-stint the #7, which is already on used tires ... so more split strategy.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Acid09

This year's post-LM season is certainly not as much of a loss for Toyota as 2015 was.

They`re always able to compete with at least one of the opponents.

I agree. They're not all the way there, but also not 3 seconds per lap slower like 2015. I think Fuji will be a lot better and I wonder if they'll use their Silverstone/Spa package.

[Ephaeton]

Originally Posted by TF110

I agree. They're not all the way there, but also not 3 seconds per lap slower like 2015. I think Fuji will be a lot better and I wonder if they'll use their Silverstone/Spa package.

speaking of 3s / lap slower than the competition... the CLM hasn't broken down yet

[Creep89]

So once again an Audi loses downforce on th front. This time the #7 according to team radio. This could explain the slower lap times compared to the sister car.

[Ephaeton]

pointy aero doesn't like picking up the rubbles, I guess

[Ephaeton]

#86 off and stuck in gravel ... FCY

[TF110]

#86 stuck fcy incoming it seems.

[J Jay]

Wainwright goes off into the gravel outside T1. FCY.

[ederss7]

No tyres for the Audis!

[Ephaeton]

FCY time really seems to be n * (1 lap under 80 km/h) + 1 pit stop, which would make sense under a global fairness aspect. (But, don't deduce from two data points, argh. Pity the alkamel documents don't contain race control messages with its timestamps, I wish they'd publish their telnet data stream...)

[J Jay]

#8 stopped on track. Restarted but lost the lead.

Congrats, Audi. It looks like you've found another way of tossing a race away.

[Ephaeton]

Originally Posted by J Jay

#8 stopped on track.

what the ....

edit: running again now, lost some 30s tho
edit again: more like 45-50s

[broadrun96]

Running but SLOW, seems a little faster at the end of that on-board but the 8 doesn't look good on track

[Creep89]

And of course it's the #8 which had a slightly better pace than the #7.

[Ephaeton]

well, #8 lap times look ok again, it posted the fastest lap 101

[ederss7]

How the #1 is only 38s behind the leader, since Audi gained several seconds for not changing tyres?

[J Jay]

At this pace, the #8 and #1 will be up to the back of the leading #7 before the race is out.

[Ephaeton]

Originally Posted by J Jay

At this pace, the #8 and #1 will be up to the back of the leading #7 before the race is out.

traffic, I suspect. L104 doesn't show a real difference in lap times between the front runners. L105 has #1 & #7 perform ~ same laptimes as well.