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I guess that the ultimate weapon was 2010 season 908HDi, that car had a better aero than audi R15+ and much more power. A real beast.
Season worst enemy was inside the engine.... titanium rods.
About 2011 season, according some rumors 908 had something like 50hp more than audi R18 (650hp vs. 600hp). For the whole season peugeot revealed to be the best car.
About 2011 LM, I think it was like this:
peugeot used an extreme low drag set-up for the race; even with a considerable power reduction (in 2011 max displacement for turbodiesel was 3.7L from previous season 5.5L) peugeot however hit over 340km/h as overall best top speed. On the other side, audi used a more high downforce set-up, a bit less top speed but better cornering speed; the price to pay for them was a worse fuel milliage that forced their stint to be 1lap shorter than peugeot.
If wurz didn't hit at indianapolis during sunday morning, very likely #7 would have won the race because in the late hours had to refuel once less than audi #2.
Peugeot engine specialists were later hired by audi after peugeot withdrawn from WEC. Indeed during next season, 2013 R18 e-tron engine had much more power than previous season.
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