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Originally posted by gttouring
i was reading through MulsannesCorner.com and i noticed none of the previous lmp675 cars ever got down to the minimum weight, which would explain why these thing were rarely competitive-aside from breaking every race.
the average is 50 to 100 kilograms off the min.
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Spot on- apart from the MG, a lot of the cars (Reynard, Lola B2K/40, Pilbeam) were adapted from chassis either desgined for LMP900 or SR2 regs- and so hadn't a hope in hell of running anywhere close to 675kg or being competitive in overall terms. The MG was designed to take advantage of the 675 rules which is why it comes in much closer to the class minimum (Mulsannescorner quotes an average of 686kg at Le Mans 2002), hence it's power/weight ratio is right in the ballpark to be competitive with the 900's- but it's highly-stressed and fragile.
It's interesting to note though that the other really competitive 675, the DBA, is still fairly heavy in comparison....