I want to buy 2-3 Hypercars (duplicates) to receate 2026 24 hours of Le Mans custom race.
Which hypecars do you recommend I buy?
Ι tested Ferrari and Porsche that i found them very nice cars...
It's a shame they didn't update the Le Mans track in detail along with the car package....
2026? Obviously Ferrari, BMW and Peugeot then, as Porsche isn't competing this year sadly.
Not only doesn't have to, but doesn't. It doesn't really matter how colloquial it is, there's no racing fuel tank involved.
Engine swaps with race engines improve fuel efficiency because they're designed for the race duty cycle. The Valkyrie already has its actual race engine, because - aside from burning leaner (which you can do with the fuel map) and being wound down to the required 671hp maximum - it's the same unit. Although I don't know about the 11,000rpm part.
Sadly the road car has the KERS that the AMR-LMH (and the AMR Pro on which it's based) lacks, which really is the issue in recreating it in terms of powertrain.
From ear, doesn't rev up to 11,000 rpm, more like 8,000 rpm (in fact this is probably one of the reasons its power is lower in race spec).
The problem with the Valkyrie's hybrid system is that the road car's ICE is too powerful. To make the powertrain viable and balanced against the competition, most of which run far leaner turbo engines, AMR decided to use the full 100% for the ICE in the combustion/electric proportion (max 670 bhp according to regulations). The electric motor functions only as a starter motor then.
I'm not so sure how much within the "spirit" of the regulations this is. Personally I think one of the reasons the Valkyrie was allowed to run with this powertrain setup is that the FIA doesn't expect it to be top tier. If this was their reasoning, they've been right so far, as the best result for the Valkyrie was a 2nd place at Petit Le Mans with:
- A very favorable BoP (max power + min weight);
- Favorable track layout (Road Atlanta with its huge straight favoring the powerful V12);
- Porsche (best car in IMSA) ballasted to oblivion;
- Weaker competition than in the WEC (Caddy, Acura more or less, the aforementioned nerfed Porsche, BMW in bad form...).
It may win tomorrow, as anything can happen in motorsport and it isn't that far behind the top cars, but the package has its limitations which prevent it to be top tier. I'm no Newey but, if I was designing a race car today, I wouldn't start with a large, heavy and thirsty V12, no matter how good it sounds on the track. Well, at least it can't be denied it adds some spice to the grid.
