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Originally Posted by nkoske
Not sure I see the innovation of the Delta-Wing.
- The delta wing shape (narrow front track). Probably to only innovative thing, but I think at this point had to be proven not as good as a wide track. The delta wing has a greater power to weight than an LMP1 yet laps slower than a LMP2, which means it has to be losing it in the turns. Maybe someone has sector data that can disprove this, but the data I've seen seems to support it.
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Who has made a car that is this light and can go this fast and can do it for more than 8 hours?
The basic concept to get the weight down was to throw away more than 1/4 of the car.
I would love to see a very fuel-limited experimental class where somebody could show up with a rectangular car to try to beat the DW. Maybe they would. There SHOULD be a war of ideas about how to go fast with fewer resources. It's a battle that could provide some very useful information.