Nissan Deltawing crashes

Shamu

I think it's hilarious that Japanese driver in the Toyota took out the Japanese driver in the Nissan. classic! ...oh the shame. Lol!

I suspected the delta wing would get taken out before end of the race. It's an awfully delicate little car. Also it was butt slow prior to crash as well. It was hanging in back of the pack all of the race.

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theDreamer

Slow? It was matching the LMP2 times up until it crashed, which is what most projected it to compete at and it was putting down top speeds almost equal to the Audi R18 cars.
It really shows what can be done with modern technology in a little package.

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Shamu

No it was lagging behind most of LMP2 field including GT cars. It's fastest lap time was a 3.45.7 the LPM1 cars were turning fast laps of 3.25 and fast LMP2 cars were turning 3.39 laps.

http://www.lemans.org/wpphpFichiers/...-after-24h.pdf

You can see where it was by hour before the crash. It was lagging most of the race. They had drivetrain issues that didn't help either.

24 Heures du Mans 2012 − Live 2012 − Results

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theDreamer

Are you even reading what you are posting?
The LMP2 were running 3:39 to 3:47 throughout the race, rough estimates puts the average around 3:43 for the whole LMP2 teams. The Deltawing was running 3:45 with constant issues, even the drivers said after the race they knew a sub 3:40 time was going to happen if they could have been in for the full 24 hours. The car was showing up the LMP2 cars and was creeping with some of the LMP1 cars in early practice runs.

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Shamu

Unfortunately the hourly statistics don't support that. Well guess we will have to wait until next year to see if they can improve reliability of the car and work out more of handling issues. It does look cool however!

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