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Originally Posted by Deschodt

^This ! I am glad Porsche is super fast over a lap (and that they are using historic liveries on the cars). But they still have tire wear issues where Audi can do one more stint than them, and generally can last 24hrs without so much as a filter change.

It remains to be seen what will break on the Porsches this year. I'd love to see them win, esp Mark Weber, but I fear something will break and they will need that speed to catch up... We'll see - gotta look into this FIA stream thing because my provider does not carry fox sports 2 so I'm looking at missing 1/2 of it ! Ah the days of 25h coverage on Speed !! ;-(

I agree about the tire wear. Audi and Toyota said they wouldn't even try to get pole since Porsche has such an advantage with the 8MJ hybrid. Porsche this year so far has been looking rather rough in terms of strategy and discipline compared to Audi. They've been crashing or breaking or getting penalties. They overwork the tires too. Audi is looking reliable as ever and with double stinting tires and their top-notch pit work and strategy I still think they are the ones to beat, despite Porsche's speed.

And all the cars are ugly as sin, Porsche included. The 919 actually doesn't look bad when it is all black but I don't understand why they have this hideous lettering for the livery. It's the worst I've ever seen on a Porsche prototype. It clashes so much with the curves.