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No competition again. When Audi and Porsche were there they never won from 2012-2017. Next year Porsche, Peugeot, and Ferrari are joining. We'll see then.
They could have won two times back then. One time they were in solid lead until car broke down and they couldn't communicate with Kobayashi to tell him to pit in order to salvage things on time, Audi took the win completely unexpected as they were not competitive compared to Porsche and Toyota. The second time car literally broke down two or three laps before the end of the race while it had giant gap. Porsche paid the great tribute to Toyota then.
That's supped up LMP2 car. Looks nice than current LMP2s. But still no Toyota competitor.
Wrong, it may be LMP2 based, but its performance is balanced through regulations to compete with Hypercars (Toyota, Ferrari, Peugeot). It will be competing for overall victory at Le Mans same as all the other LMDh cars.
Wrong, it may be LMP2 based, but its performance is balanced through regulations to compete with Hypercars (Toyota, Ferrari, Peugeot). It will be competing for overall victory at Le Mans same as all the other LMDh cars.
You really think bespoke Hypercar class will allow disguised spec configuration cars to have any chance? Especially if Ferrari joins Hypercar business there is no chance in hell this Porsche, Cadillac, Mazda or whomever will be able to make a run for overall podium. They will moan until disguised spec cars are begone from their sight within 5 laps of endurance race. Even Glickenhaus will scream as loud as they can.
Anyway such a shame FIA and ACO couldn't find a way to keep LMP1s running. These cars were true high end racing cars of the world. Their only competition was F1 car and even compared to F1 car Toyota LMP1 had faster corner speeds.
Doesnt matter who joins. If Toyota loses to whoever joins next yr, its an egg on face moment. Just shows you can only win against yourself.
It's a must win for Toyota next year but from what we can gather Peugeot is not ready and it's off the pace by quite some margin. We will see them in Monza. Porsche will most likely race in Bahrain.
06-14-22, 03:40 PM
