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It has already been speculated some time ago in Racecar Engineering that the twin ERS-K on the Toyota could develop a combined power output of the order of 450kW (approx. 600 HP), which would be by far sufficient to harvest more than 8MJ per lap at LM. That would amount to little less than 18sec of boost if they use both MGUs to release the maximum of 8MJ allowed by the rules.
Now, Toyota could opt to release energy exclusively at the front (or at the back as the case may be), in effect doubling the boost duration with half the available power (assuming two MGUs each developing the same power output).
The twin ERS-K will however also increase cooling demands I suspect. I am looking forward to seeing how Toyota will package this system and the related cooling systems.
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