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Old 15 May 2010, 17:17 (Ref:2690995)   #314
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dxk1 should be qualifying in the top 5 on the griddxk1 should be qualifying in the top 5 on the griddxk1 should be qualifying in the top 5 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Dead-Eye View Post
"A little different" equals about 3km of F1 track longer. Meaning: Today's GT cars qualified with an average speed 20 km/h faster than the best protos back then.
From what I can tell, the year the Chaparral did the 8:31.9, the circuit was 22.835 km, which they used until 1982. In 1983, they used a 20.832 km circuit and then from 1984 on they used the much shorter circuit for the 1000 km. So the circuit they are using for the 24 hours is about 25 km? The speeds are even more impressive than I thought.

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