The Japanese maker’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will enter into the 2024 season weighing 9kg more and with an optimal power decrease of 4kW or 5.3 bhp compared to the post-Le Mans 24 Hours leg of the 2023 project.
A minimum weight for the GR010 has actually been set at 1089kg and optimal power at 510kW, which corresponds to 684bhp, under the Hypercar class Balance of Performance released ahead of the main pre-season Prologue test at Qatar’s Losail circuit this weekend.
The Qatar 1812Km, which will go to an optimum of 10 hours, occurs the following Saturday 2 March.
Ferrari’s 499P LMH has actually lost 2kW or 2.7 bhp compared to in 2015, however stays at a minimum weight of 1075kg.
Porsche has actually taken the most significant hit from in 2015: the optimum power has actually been cut from 514kW to 505kW, which corresponds to a decrease of 12bhp, and the minimum weight increased from 1046kg to 1048kg.
The Cadillac V-Series. R has actually been handed a power decrease from 504kW to 499kW and a boost in weight from 1030kg to 1032kg.
Peugeot’s 9X8 LMH has actually lost 9kg with a decrease of its weight to 1030kg, while its power stays the same at 520kW.
Alpine’s A424 is the heaviest of cars and trucks from the 3 makers entering the champion with LMDh equipment at 1070kg however likewise the most effective at 510kW.
The BMW M Hybrid V8 has actually had actually been provided a minimum weight of 1060kg and optimum power of 506kW, and Lamborghini’s brand-new SC63 LMDh 1041kg and 502kW.
Fellow beginner Isotta Fraschini’s Tipo 6 LMH Competizione has actually been assigned a minimum weight of 1085kg and optimum power of 514kW.
The release speed in damp and dry conditions of front-axle hybrid power for the LMHs stays at 190km/h for Toyota and Ferrari, in addition to Isotta.
Peugeot’s 9X8 implementation speed go back to 150km/h from the 135km/h set for in 2015’s last rounds at Fuji and Bahrain, which showed the expansion of low-speed corners at those tracks thanks to its equivalent size front and rear tires.
The BoP has actually been launched by the FIA, which collectively runs the WEC with Le Mans organiser
