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Originally Posted by kobefly
I do not think they will be having the same "penalty" will apply to both cars in Austin.
This is how they calculated it for Bahrain.
"That is despite both Japanese cars lying more than 40 points ahead of the last-placed car in the championship classification.
The explanation of the new system introduced for the LMP1 class this season issued in August states that "the maximum performance reduction applied may not be greater than the equivalent of 40 points".
But it is understood that when the gap to the lowest points scorer is more than that amount the handicaps are calculated from a 'virtual' last-placed car lying 40 points behind the championship leader.
The three-point gap between #8 and #7 would explain the 0.21s differential in the handicaps between the two Toyotas based on this criterion."
There is now an eight-point gap between #7 and #8. I expect to see #7 having a difference against almost 3 times worst than the #8 had in Bahrain. Which means, there will be no fight between both Toyotas. |
I forgot about that. So they can further hinder the Toyotas even if they aren't walking away from the competition in terms of points. Seems like there's no stop to the tinkering of them. I guess the gap will be about half a second or 6 thenths between the two.