The 2015 Le Mans Thread

[996GT2]

Finally, about time a proper gas-powered car won at Le Mans!

It's been a decade since the last time a non-diesel car won LMP1.

 

[thescreensavers]

What happened with Toyota? They were quiet this race. Huge Contrast to the start of 2013s Lemans

 

[Phanuel]

That's what I'm curious about, the engine changes each team had between seasons. I figured Audi had squeezed the diesel rock dry but apparently not. And Porsche got their silly V4 to be reliable and not overheat.

Did the teams up the joules category they were in from last year?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

That's what I'm curious about, the engine changes each team had between seasons. I figured Audi had squeezed the diesel rock dry but apparently not. And Porsche got their silly V4 to be reliable and not overheat.

Did the teams up the joules category they were in from last year?

yeah, porsche and audi are now in the 8 mj category, iirc.

 

[Phanuel]

So probably no major ICE tweaks, just efficiency improvements and cooling tweaks for the hybrid systems.

 

[Skurge]

yeah, porsche and audi are now in the 8 mj category, iirc.

Porsche is 8MJ and their engine has very little in common with last year's.

Audi is in the 4MJ catagory and they got another 50HP out of their Diesel.

 

[996GT2]

Apparently the Audi and Porsche LMP1 cars averaged 8-9 mpg for the duration of the race. That's pretty amazing if true.