6H Fuji 2018 - Post Race Engineering Notebook
Another WEC race, another Sportscar Engineering post! For this one I will be covering: LMP1: The new ‘balance’ between Hybrid and non-Hybrid for LMP1 on track and in the pits Comparing the low and high downforce aero between BR1 chassis Pit Stops LMP2: Chassis and Tyre performance Am performance Pit Stops GTE Am: Am Performance Pit Stops LMP1 New EoT – Is Everything Fixed? To answer this open question, we need to look at what EoT governs: performance on track, and the time spent in the pit lane to refuel. These two are inherently linked through the ability of the car to go further or faster on the same fuel quantity, but by looking at both one can get a better picture of the situation the class is currently in. On track we will compare a sample size of around 75 laps, after the track dried from the wet start. An initial look at the lap times shows the track drying as the lap times fall, and the defined performance windows for various cars in