Thread: Fed up with LMP1 of late.
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Old 28 Oct 2016, 11:41 (Ref:3683591)   #27
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That's bigger than I thought, I assumed it was closer to an hour. So let's take it a bit further and assume next year's LMP2 will be 5s/lap faster overall (another lazy assumption if nobody minds).

LMP2 2016 average lap - 4:02
LMP2 2017 average lap - 3:57

Which would have led to 364(.5) laps in this year's race, and a 70 minute gap to the winning car. So even if LMP1 isn't faster next year LMP2 will still be a long way behind, and the only overall podium chance would be for two factory cars to suffer major problems.
Ok, that is 70 minutes over 24 hours. But what would the gaps look like over a typical 6 hour race?
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