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The diesels are supposed to have 12-13% less power and are carrying 30kgs more weight than in '08.
It can't be all down to development on the cars. Tires are better than in '08, and if you ask me, taking power away from the diesels have made them easier to drive, and that probably has lowered laptimes.
Even the gasoline engined cars are faster than in '08 for the most part, even with the rear wing span reduction applicable to all LMP cars outside of the ALMS(and even LMP1s run the short wing).
I don't think that car development is down to it nearly as much as the fact that tires have improved and the rules are having unintened consequences for the ACO(like how at Sebring in '09 the cars were faster than ever in spite of air restrictor and wing size reductions).
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