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Originally Posted by TF110
There has to be ways of saving weight in the car and probably on the hybrid side. The switch to a battery unit would only be beneficial if it was a gain over the capacitor. Nothing so far says the capacitor cant do 8mj, only that itd compromise weight. Well thats probably the balance of the car being affected rather than overall weight.
If they do go 8mj, thats a 33% increase in electric power. The total petrol fuel flow decreases 89.5-88.5kg/h or a 1.1% decrease. Petrol energy drops from 62.6-62.0mj/l or a .95% decrease. But total energy goes from 68.6mj/l-70mj/l or an increase of 2%. Definitely worth it if you get a total increase of 2% total power per lap. If 6mj=480hp, is it 8mj=640hp?
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It depends on many factors. First is the power density of the supercapacitors. If your 2 MGUS are ready to produce this amount of power, than your storage system has to do it too. Second important factor is traction. Are you able to get this incredible amount of power on the track without spinning your wheels ?
From a simulation point of view, it would absolutly make sense to increase the power output from your hybrid system, instead of goind for longer boosting times. Because the more energy and the more you can release it below average lap speed, the better your lap times will be.
If you go down to 8 MJ, your power outpot of the ice will only drop by ~ 6 hp, while you have to coast the same amount as you do with 6 MJ. But the most interesting thing would be, how much can they increase their thermal efficiency of their engine ? From what i understand, die bfsc is gone since Le Mans. That would mean, that you can increase the thermal efficiency of you engines. By doing that with 1,5% and going up to 8 MJ, this would be good for a decrease of 2,5 secs a lap around la Sarte. this years pole time was 3:21.7 and fastest lap was a 3.22.5 done by Andre Lotterer.
So it looks like that we maybe can get back the crazy sub 3:20 lap times around La Sarthe
