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26 Jun 2004, 12:37 (Ref:1016704)
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Top Speeds at Le Mans 2004
I have just seen the top speeds from this years Le Mans over on DSC. This year the speed trap was at the Dunlop Chicane.
The top 5 quickest where:- 1 - Nasamax #14 314Kph 2 - Pescarolo #18 310 3 - Lola #4 308 3 - Zytek #22 308 5 - Pescarolo #17 305 The quickest car in LMP2 was the Intersport car at 295Kph. Quickest in GTS was the #65 Ferrari at 286Kph. Now for GT and there is a real suprise there the quickest car was the 89 TVR at a speed of 265Kph. |
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26 Jun 2004, 16:08 (Ref:1016792)
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Where are the audis and domes in this ranking???
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26 Jun 2004, 17:56 (Ref:1016838)
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Well this continues to reinforce that top speed doesn't win sportscar races, lap times and reliability do.
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26 Jun 2004, 23:08 (Ref:1017035)
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The WM Peugeot would have won a drag race in 1988 at 252 MPH, but went nowhere when you had to turn.
NASAMX's top speed is impressive none the less though. |
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27 Jun 2004, 05:47 (Ref:1017178)
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FYI, and for those who are interrested : David Legangneux gives, on Jérôme Mugnier's Virage, some top speeds taken at the end of the starting straight...
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28 Jun 2004, 11:01 (Ref:1018583)
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I find it hard to believe that both Pescas and the Nasamax were faster at that point than the Audis - are we sure this is right?
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28 Jun 2004, 13:09 (Ref:1018785)
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I would also think that these numbers are just before the braking point into the Dunlop Chicane. I find it hard to beleive that anyone would excess 300km/h between the bridge and Esses.
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28 Jun 2004, 13:32 (Ref:1018824)
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The speed trap is at the start of the curve, just before the braking point...
Notice that if a car is faster, it doesn't mean it will make it faster in the curve itself, due to a better balance of the car of best trim of the brakes. That does'nt surprise me : again, speed is not enough... |
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28 Jun 2004, 14:59 (Ref:1018924)
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The Audis have never been the fastest cars in a straight line at Le Mans. But over the course of a lap...crickey!
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28 Jun 2004, 16:00 (Ref:1019002)
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Top speed doesn't show anything even in short distance races, remeber a few years ago Arrows were consitently the "fastest" in formula 1. A drag car would be faster than any other type of racing car, but have you ever seen one turn a corner?
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30 Jun 2004, 11:02 (Ref:1021261)
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Interesting aside from the main race.
The New Man liveried Porsche 962C in the Legends race was pulling 212mph on the approach to Indianapolis!!! |
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30 Jun 2004, 12:06 (Ref:1021348)
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30 Jun 2004, 14:25 (Ref:1021502)
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That is incredible - how does it compare to the speeds of the 2004 LM cars?
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30 Jun 2004, 15:03 (Ref:1021558)
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i'm not sure, but the Dome that crashed at Indianapolis last year i believe was clocked at 207 mph. I would suspect that with the chicanes, the approach to indianapolis is likely the fastest spot on the track. The next closest is probably the first segment of the current Mulsanne.
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30 Jun 2004, 21:36 (Ref:1021895)
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1 Jul 2004, 07:43 (Ref:1022141)
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It's still with Joest in his private collection, as are many of their cars.
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