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There is surely more to come from the LM-spec car. The #3 Audi was clearly on a different strategy at Spa compared to the #1 and #2 cars. The #3 car could cover 24/25 laps per stint at Spa, while the #1 and #2 cars were running 23/24 laps per stint. The #3 car could therefore cover similar distances as the #14 Porsche on one tank, even though the 2 MJ ERS option suffers from shorter stints compared to the 6 MJ ERS option in which Porsche and Toyota are running.
Audi have definitely tried a few things at Spa on the #3 car in terms of fuel consumption by consuming less than the #1 and #2 cars. In other words, the #3 was not consuming the maximum allowable fuel allocation per lap in an attempt to increase stint length. This could be translated back into more performance over a single lap.
I may be wrong, but I am still hopeful that Audi can produce very good performance at LM.
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