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Originally Posted by Victor_RO
Nothing stopping it as far as I can tell, the only limitation is that the total ERS energy released per lap should not exceed 2, 4, 6 or 8 MJ, so I suspect the distribution between front and rear axles is free and adjustable.
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From the press release of Toyota Europe that I linked to, they claimed more than the 300hp from 2013. Last year the total for LeMans was 3.5MJ per lap. If theyre saying 'double' that (7mj) its either the 6 or 8MJ option. With the 6MJ option, thats 1.7x the current power, or ~515hp. The 8MJ option is 2.28x the current power, or ~685hp. Thats assuming they stay with the same amount of release time, I think its around 2.3 seconds. So they could do that in the whole lap something like 7 times in 2013 for full release. But theres no limit on where to release hybrid energy this year. So if there was around 16-17 seconds of boost in 2013 of 300hp, you can figure out how much time per lap they could use 6MJ; 27-28 seconds @300hp or 8MJ; 36-37 seconds @300hp!