Some interesting and maybe telling statistics from free practice regarding top speeds achieved so far at this meeting.
#18 Porsche Marc Lieb 302.5 km/h
#17 Porsche Mark Webber 300.8 km/h
#1 Toyota Kazuki Nakajima 284.2 km/h
#2 Toyota Mike Conway 281.2 km/h
#7 Audi Andre Lotterer 279.1 km/h
#4 CLM P1/01 Vitantonio Luizzi 277.6 km/h
#8 Audi Loic Duval 277.6 km/h
So we have slightly dodgy proof that this year Porsche have certainly found some pace and if they translate that advantage over six hours it could be significant. This might concern the others, except maybe Audi who, for all we know might have been fuelled up and in race trim. It must be exciting news for CLM who now know that if they can sort out corners and braking they could be on the pace.
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