Why did Audi win again?

[Hugewally]

Have any cars that flew this year not hit something first?

[NightStalk3r]

Originally Posted by Hugewally

Have any cars that flew this year not hit something first?

Ortelli never hit anything at monza the car just snapped sideways and took off, it was the same for cambell-walter at monza aswell.

[The Badger]

What could Noda have hit on the run up to the Dunlop bridge , there aint nothing there except for the rumble strip .

[littleman]

One team is German, the other one French - nuff said really.

[Dead-Eye]

Originally Posted by Hugewally

Have any cars that flew this year not hit something first?

Something usually happened to get them sideways, be it a hit, a failure or an error. But cars can always get sideways, that can't be prevented, so something needs to be done to keep them from taking off.

[Hugewally]

Originally Posted by NightStalk3r

Ortelli never hit anything at monza the car just snapped sideways and took off, it was the same for cambell-walter at monza aswell.

I think you need to look at the curbing a little closer.

[cmk]

Hopefully Paul Truswell will come up with an analysis of the lap charts this year. His insight into the far less intense Audi-Peugeot battle last year was extremely illuminating.

It is interesting to know that Audi going for a compromise setup must have meant they were sacrificing ultimate dry weather pace in doing so. I felt that their race pace seemed a little weak in the first half of the race but, then again, so did Peugeot's. Nevertheless, it begs the question, how close could Audi have run Peugeot in a dry 24 this year, if both teams had optimal setups on? Maybe the answer is closer than we think.

[prototype]

Originally Posted by Hugewally

I think you need to look at the curbing a little closer.

There is no way that you can tell me all of these airborne accidents are caused by curbs and bumps in the grass.

[Sarthe82]

I thought this was about why Audi beat Peugeot, not low-flying LMP cars?

[cmk]

On the topic of flying cars though, maybe it's worth pointing out that Peugeot did run trouble-free enough to not be caught out by the parts shortage created in the wake of Gene's flight that destroyed the original #7 chassis. Perhaps this is because they reduced race pace slightly? That would explain why they never quite ran away and hid in the first 12 hours like we expected them to, despite Audi's setup compromise.

[Hugewally]

Originally Posted by prototype

There is no way that you can tell me all of these airborne accidents are caused by curbs and bumps in the grass.

Can you say they weren't?

[isynge]

Originally Posted by The Badger

What could Noda have hit on the run up to the Dunlop bridge , there aint nothing there except for the rumble strip .

According to DSC

Originally Posted by Martyn Gilbert in Daily Sportscar

Unfortunately the car ran a kerb with a big rut on the inside of it going in to the Dunlop chicane and as everyone has now seen Hideki had the most appalling accident.

Perhaps worth cross posting into the "Is there a design issue..." thread?

[Aysedasi]

As has already been said - this isn't the LMP1 design flaw thread - so put posts on that subject in the correct thread please and keep this one on topic. Thanks.


I have plenty more things to do with my time other than cross-posting. I'lllet posters retrace their steps to the correct thread and I'll delete the extraneous material here in an hour or two......