Le Mans 2013: Analysis part IV Gap

Todays analysis is a bit shorter.This picture shows the lap by lap gap between the wining Audi #2 and second placed Toyota #8. You can that the Audi in general was quicker – no surprise, it was discussed before, but you can also see when one of them had luck or no luck during the safety car period. For me, the SC rules should be discussed, but rules are rules and everyone has to live with them.

LM2013_Gap_Audi_Toyota

Another point is about hard to compare, because there is one rule: never blame the pitcrew! These guys do an unbelieveable job, work whenever it is neccessary and under every possible situation! While the driver is already dreaming in his hotel, the crew is still preparing the car. Looking at the pitstop times – these guys work like clockworks – I mean, swiss clockworks!

Audi had to do more pitstops – isn’t it strange, that a diesel car has to stop more often than a petrol car? Hope this will change in 2014! Anyway, from the beginning it was known Audi had to stop more often than Toyota and in total the #2 machine lost 230s (3:50min) in the pits because of more stops, which they had get back on the track.

LM2013_Pitstoptime_Audi_Toyota