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That's what people have brought up with fuel flow on LMP1s vs air restrictors on LMP2s. Fuel cuts are when an automated system cuts fuel to stay within the fuel flow limits. You don't have to worry about that on a LMP2 with an air restrictor (or on a pre-2014 LMP1 for that matter).
Not saying that's how it happened, because what footage is out there seems inconclusive on what happened.
Either way, it does seem that a combination of driver error (driving too fast with a delaminating tire) and a design error that the likes of Audi or Porsche would rarely if ever make killed the #9.
Besides, we've seen guys drive around LM stuck in 6th gear slower than that. I think an Audi did it last year when an electronic glitch jammed the gear shift mechanism.
I don't think that Nico will see the inside of a factory LMP1 cockpit for a long time after that one.
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