[Audi Racer]

Originally Posted by chernaudi

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.

Pfffffft!! The peugeot not being able to keep up with the Audi. Within reason im sure that not only were the dirvers not pushing very hard. The engines were turned way down to make sure they lasted.( Remeber 07 when peugeot showed up and the R10 sliced and diced them with speed. The peugeot had detuned engines for the race to ensure reliablity. the next Year with full engine performance the peugeots were the quickest by far. Im sure what we saw was a detuned engine and a safe consistent setup to evaluate reliability and tire wear/ Learn about the car.