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Originally Posted by Fogelhund
Take a P2 tub, open up the aero rules, open up the engine rules for non-hybrids.. run the cars at 800kg.
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But, that's what P1L already is, except for the weight limit only going to 830kg next year because nobody can get a P2 based car to 800kg.
As far as the old LMP2, well, this requires a few statements actually:
2004: 750kg
2005: 750kg
2006: 750kg
2007: 750kg/775kg ALMS
2008: 825kg/800kg ALMS
2009: 850kg/825kg ALMS
2010: 850kg
The only car I know of to even make 775kg was the RS Spyder, which probably has some bearing on how much less dominant it was in 2008 on. The Acura debuted at 815kg and most of the cars were hovering in the high 700s. Given that the current prototypes are inherently heavier because of the closed cockpits, larger engines, and additional safety changes, and that the current LMP2 cars are built to a cost cap it would be very difficult for them to match that.
But LMP1L as of next season has the same dimensions and crash tests as LMP2 and has been guaranteed to continue to allow that spec when LMP1H changes in a couple years, can run any engine layout with no displacement limit, is allowed a front wing, wider diveplanes and a more efficient rear wing compared to LMP2 (2/3 of those compared to LMP1H as well), and will weigh as little as they practically can. The only place that might be really lacking is the fuel flow limit could stand to be higher perhaps, but that raises the question of whether they can carry a large enough fuel tank to make that work anyways.