Here is the actual fastest laps set (and session upon which it was set) as of the end of qualifying 1, in a table. There are 3 manufacturers with times that are no faster than a free practice session where the track condition was better. Many factors can influence a fast laptime being set during free practice including tire age, traffic, fuel load, red flags for accidents, cars which crashed (both Ferraris, Alpines), and different run plans for each team.
That's uhhhh exactly what I said? Everyone has the best time in quali except Porsche, Toyota and Cadillac.AR3-GP wrote: ↑10 May 2025, 05:28Here is the actual fastest laps set (and session upon which it was set) as of the end of qualifying 1, in a table, rather than what you have imagined in your head.
https://i.postimg.cc/HW3MkGT3/image.png
What team’s BoP is a problem for you?Tvetovnato wrote:The problem is still the LMDh platform vs LMH. For those who look forward to another Ferrari and Toyota battle at Le Mans, and the LMDh to scrap for best of the rest, congrats.
The Ferrari and the Toyota are the BOP with the problem. They are running the same weight and same power as the LMDh cars, while operating a much superior platform with the AWD, the superior handling dynamics and tire degradation of the AWD, the smaller fuel tanks (less weight). There's no platform equivalence in these numbers. Furthermore, both Ferrari and Toyota now have better power to weight figures than Porsche and BMW, two LMDh cars. Insane.
You're missing the point of that figure. At no point in time were Porsche, BMW, or Peugeot faster than Toyota and Ferrari in any previous race at Le Mans. I can post the direct power and weight figures and show you that Toyota and Ferrari gained more compared to last year, but the power-to-weight is a proxy value for the same fact. It shows you the same trend, that Toyota and Ferrari were lifted compared to Porsche, Peugeot, and BMW. All of those manufacturers were already slower last yeardialtone wrote: ↑03 Jun 2025, 23:58You just look at power to weight but most of the lap in LeMans is at full throttle, 85% in fact. Aero is more important and power gain with it, as well as stint energy as you will not be able to push the car hard when stint energy doesn’t allow you to. Of course if you have a full tank to do half a stint you’ll be able to push, but this is a 24 hour race not 6.
I’m honestly not so sure it will be so dominant for Ferrari and Toyota, Peugeot I agree with you though but they are LMH.
. They have gone in the wrong direction with the BOP. https://www.the-race.com/wec-le-mans/20 ... published/The BoP in force at the Le Mans 24 Hours is not supposed to be the result of the same complex calculations as those used in other World Endurance Championship rounds. In fact, it is supposed to be based solely on the cars' homologation parameters, ie their intrinsic characteristics.
In other words, it does not depend on the performance recorded at Le Mans in 2024, nor on that of the first races of the season.
