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Originally Posted by gwyllion
Perhaps it makes more sense to look at the top speeds of the afternoon test session when the teams were experimenting a bit less with aero settings. - Audi #1: 293.5 km/h
- Audi #2: 292.7 km/h
- Toyota #7: 288 km/h
- Rebellion #12: 287.2 km/h
- Oak #15: 291.9 km/h
- JRM #22: 287.2 km/h
In that case, the difference in top speed between Audi and Toyota is around 5 km/h. That is in line with what we saw in the previous races.
Average of best top speeds during the 6 hours of Bahrain: - Audi #1 (e-tron): 285.5 km/h
- Audi #2 (e-tron): 284.3 km/h
- Toyota #7: 278.5 km/h
Average of best top speeds during the 6 hours of Sao Paulo: - Audi #2 (ultra): 281.5 km/h
- Audi #1 (e-tron): 280.9 km/h
- Toyota #7: 274.7 km/h
Average of best top speeds during the 6 hours of Silverstone: - Audi #2 (ultra): 275.2 km/h
- Audi #1 (e-tron): 274.5 km/h
- Toyota #7: 267.7 km/h
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Yeah, a bit less with aero settings! Maybe they finalized what type of wing level to run. Look at the morning session- the Audi did 295kmh while the Toyota did 282kmh. So what is the story here? Audi adds a little more wing in the afternoon to achieve about the same time Toyota does, while Toyota takes off a little wing and achieves about the same time as the morning session. Take a look at the sector times from the morning. Sector 3 Audi were 43.2's while Toyota was 42.6's. Then in the afternoon session Toyota's best 3rd sector times were 42.8's and Audi's 42.8/42.9! Looks like they added a bit more downforce while Toyota took some out. Toyota achieved the best 1st sector in the afternoon session which is the end of the straight, then the acceleration out of Turn 1.
