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Originally Posted by GT3.14
The flywheel system in the Audi is a major flaw. It would be interesting to see how it would do with SCs.
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The philosophy behind the LMP1 rules is that every propulsion technology (petrol, petrol hybrid, diesel, diesel hybrid) has an equal chance at winning a race. It is clear that this was not the case in the last WEC rounds where there were a lot of hybrid activation zones. The R18 ultra could not keep up with the hybrid cars in traffic.
I am sure that Audi knows that their flywheel solution is a compromise. Because of their heavy diesel engine, they can not use supercapacitors. Similarly they could not put the hybrid system on the rear because that would kill the weight distribution.