When a Diesel DOMINATED at Le Mans
- Posted by droid on Jul 01, 2023
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Look at this, it’s a DIESEL RACE CAR. And it was RAPID!
Audi in 2006, decided that diesel isn’t ‘the fuel of satan’ and thought it could be the recipe for a Le Mans car that could go FAST - but efficiently.
And it was, they created a MONSTER. A 5.5 litre, V12, Turbo DIESEL - and it created enough Torque to make the earth spin just a bit faster. Maybe I made that up. It was quick.
So why did Audi decide to experiment with diesel? Well, there is another factor here that we haven’t mentioned.
At Le Mans, it’s unique because pit stops are a massive deal when you’re racing for 24 hours straight. In a sprint race, like Formula 1 - you start with the tank full and you run the whole race (well that’s the case at the moment, it wasn’t always that way)
But you get my point, fuel efficiency isn’t a driving factor there. Overall engine performance is more important.
But at Le Mans, the top class pit every 45 minutes - so in a dry race with no reliability issues - they can pit upwards of 30 t
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