Where did they say that? Not here, neither here. But of course, that must be the goal eventually.
This is nonsense because in all LMP racing during the past years there has been one private entry (this year at Le Mans) and one other car that never managed to even start a race.
This is not a fact.
There has been so many rumors but I think many of them simply lacked substance, but better sign or proof is that ACO person mentioned Toyota in some newstory months ago (kind of stupid to do that though). Also, there's a clear coincidence with the clarification of the 2012 hybrid rules (specifically: no front wheel acceleration under 120 km/h to forbid 4WD) and this announcement.
"Handicap"... well, that's one way to put it.
Lol at hybrid not being competitive, you think privateer hybrid is basis for what expect for factory hybrid?
Diesels getting 7% reduction each in restrictor and turbo pressure which cut roughly 40hp.
No Jota AMR prototype in WEC, AMR-One is AMR-Done (scuttled after LM2011) w/ AMR likely run updated Lola-AM for ALMS 2012. Jota and AMR working out what to do over deposit for AMR-One....
If we're talking about a factory effort where margins are small, you can't just add displacement to an existing engine. It's needs a clean sheet design and then redesigend chassis too... it's too late for such rule changes. Too late also because regulations come in 2014.
Ultra Lightweight Technology is just an ad on the car.
I bet they both weight roughly the same which is under the minimum weight 900 kg (under because they probably want to play around with ballast placement).
If we're talking about a factory effort where margins are small, you can't just add displacement to an existing engine. It's needs a clean sheet design and then redesigend chassis too... it's too late for such rule changes. Too late also because regulations come in 2014.
Plus, they'd still have to tweak the restrictor sizes (and boost pressures) for all other configurations of petrol engines because in theory they should all make roughly the same power.
Btw, there are no restrictions on the amount of cylinders but with the discplacement limited at 2.0 litres for turbocharged petrol engines, V10 is not very viable option.
Ultra Lightweight Technology is just an ad on the car.
Audi uses single turbocharger and V6, Peugeot twin-turbo V8. That's going to be a bigger difference regarding the restrictor and boost pressure cuts.
Direct quote from Toyota?
Less fuel translates to more laps (with one pitstop) especially over the duration of 24 hours. If you were referring to F1 KERS, the LMP regulations regarding the recovery systems are a bit more free. When done properly, it should give pretty clear advantage. Of course Peugeot and Audi, but especially Peugeot since they're already dyno testing and built these demo cars, won't just watch and let Toyota do it alone...
In other words meeting the ACO and the other manufacturers. If Toyota knows something about the regs, so do the other manufacturers and teams. In fact, leaked minutes of a manufacturer meeting held in July 2010 prove Toyota was already then involved (=at least discussing).
