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2014 rules allow for the R15-type front diffuser. It's a method that the ACO adopted to try and discourage the teams from doing like Audi and Toyota have done and develop special bodywork "clips" front and rear for LM and the sprint races.
It's also been pointed out that it's due to the ACO continuing to address the front/rear aero balance issues that caused the Mercedes CLR flips at LM. |
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It looks like an Audi, but it's definitely different in all areas, from the front-end to the back-end.
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11 Dec 2013, 16:50 (Ref:3342759) | #5105 | ||
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Hope they stick with those darker wheels in the final livery. Makes the car look a lot meaner.
The Porsche looks positively basic in comparison to the R18. |
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11 Dec 2013, 16:54 (Ref:3342762) | #5106 | ||
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Man I wish we could see a spy shot of the front!
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11 Dec 2013, 17:30 (Ref:3342776) | #5108 | |
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I really like the black wheels
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11 Dec 2013, 17:31 (Ref:3342778) | #5110 | ||
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Black wheels should be mandatory
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11 Dec 2013, 17:31 (Ref:3342779) | #5111 | ||
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Slightly more info from Autoweek on the Sebring test.
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2013...n=awdailydrive |
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11 Dec 2013, 17:35 (Ref:3342782) | #5112 | |
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* The all front section between the wheel hubs is *notoriously* narrower (including cockpit)... now resembles a 'duck beak' as was used in F1... smaller MGU in front ? * The top engine air intake seems notoriously of higher surface section, inspite not being "ovaleted" on top as before... *more* engine ? ... then makes suspect "diesel" ummm... perhaps Audi is going for < 2 MJ/Lap with more engine to compensate, relying on the huge potential of ERS in the recuperation mode (which has no limit) to run the all engine ancillaries by electric means(permitted by rules, with no limits either)... can't think of anything more efficient for an ICE, specially diesel that has more internal friction, more parasitic torques due to much higher compression ratios ( and so efficiency of combustion).... A speculation alright, but i'd love to see it, with fine detail refinement on the aerodynamic front, it would be build for speed... efficient high speeds... La Sarthe and other fast circuits would still be priority. |
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11 Dec 2013, 18:09 (Ref:3342794) | #5115 | ||
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Autoweek are reporting that the new R18 ran a lap of a 1:48, which was hand-timed, and combined with their reports that Audi were mostly shaking down the car when their staff were there, doesn't tell us much.
Yes, that 1:48 time is 4-5 seconds slower than the "old" R18's record setting lap from this spring (and there's a chance that the cars went faster during post-12 Hour tests there following the race, as a source from within Audi said that the '13 spec car could've been a good three-quarters of a second faster), but it's early days, and this seems to be initially a shake-down test, they'll probably focus on pace later. |
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11 Dec 2013, 18:26 (Ref:3342806) | #5117 | |
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Yes times now are meaningless. Yet Autoweek also reports that the car sounds *just a little louder* ... but since the exhausts are on top of the rear cover now, its not strange, the conclusion being its definitely a diesel ( a petrol would be considerably louder i think).
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11 Dec 2013, 18:36 (Ref:3342813) | #5119 | |
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Thats my interpretation to. Anything variable in the exhaust system is forbidden, except the turbine(s) that regulate charging pressure... and by being bi-turbo doesn't mean that can't be dual variable geometry turbines, after all the max turbo pressure now is 4 bar, quite above last year.
*More* engine can be so, either more displacement or more turbo pressure, valid for petrol and diesel. |
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11 Dec 2013, 18:36 (Ref:3342814) | #5120 | ||
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How are there no shots of the front of the car...probably because the shots aren't 'spy' shots. They're released by the manufacturers to show what they want you to see.
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11 Dec 2013, 18:49 (Ref:3342822) | #5122 | |
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These are spy shots and there are shots from the front, but the press is going to slowly release them, day by day, as clicks/traffic is all that counts.
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Cockpit width is comparable. The nose section however appears to be longer. I don't know if the rules precisely mandate where the driver is supposed to sit, but it seems that the cockpit has been moved rearward a bit. Or this is possibly only due to a repositioning of the windscreen. Looking at the recent "spy" shots published by Autosport, one can further note that the cockpit roofline is flatter than it used to be on the previous R18. This cockpit shape is distinctively different from that of the Porsche LMP1. |
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