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And the ALMS fan forum strikes again on the Audi 1:44 lap time reports. The You Tube poster who sent me the info on the 1:44 lap times said that he read that report on the ALMS' fan forum, and the times were recorded by someone who was at Sebring with a stopwatch.
That being said, we have to accept that the prospect of human error (man with stopwatch vs automated electronic T&S), but even if the guy with the stopwatch was off +/- .5 of a second, it's easy to assume that the R18s were easily running well into the 1:45 range (confirmed by Duncan Dayton on day one of test), and should've, if anything (specifically with the set up/R&D car), gone faster, as the 1:44s were recorded on the last day of testing.
Considering the human error factor, the times probably weren't 100% accurate, but even if they were off by about .5 of a second off the actual times (which only Audi Sport have), that's still quite a bit faster than Peugeot managed in qualifying, and even if the Pugs were sandbagging, it'll take quite a bit of work to knock down a 1-2 second laptime gap, if the times are accurate.
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