The Laptime set by those 400+ kph Group C cars though, on a track without chicane, is still not that much faster than a modern car with chicane, lower top speed, and a twistier track....
Pole time in 1971: 3:13.9/250.06 km/h avg Porsche 917 LH(No Chicane, no Porsche Curves, no restrictor, different Dunlop Bridge section)
Pole time in 1989: 3:15.6/250.16 km/h avg Porsche 962C(No Chicane, no restrictor, different Dunlop bridge section, qualifying tire)*
Pole time in 1992: 3:21.2/243.32 km/h avg (3.5L formula, no restrictor, lighter min weight, Different Dunlop Bridge Section, qualifying tire)
Pole time in 2008: 3:18.5/247.16 km/h avg Peugeot 908
*Fastest lap avg speed wise ever at Le Mans.
Not to mention they broke the all time distance record(1971, 24 hrs avg speed @ 222.3 km/h) this year, for I believe all top 3 cars....(Winning car: #1 Audi, 225.2 km/h, over 24 hours, for reference, thats faster than the Dauer Porsche's fastest lap during qualifying in 1994). The current cars also do their qualifying run on race tire...its not unusual for Group C car to be much slower in the race, where as the Peugeot/Audi in the last 3 years been able to run withing 1% of their qualifying pace in their fastest race lap.
Last edited by RacingManiac; 09-30-2010 at 08:03 AM.
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