A bulletin has been issued by the technical delegates from WEC organisers the FIA and the Vehicle Membership de l’Ouest confirming the compliance of the six automobiles from which elements had been taken at post-race scrutineering after the centenary working of Le Mans on 10-11 June.
They had been the Hypercar contenders that completed within the high three, the #51 Ferrari 499P, the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID and the #2 Cadillac V-Collection.R; the best-placed automobile from the remaining two main producers within the high class, the #93 Peugeot 9X8 and the #5 Porsche 963; and the #34 Inter Europol ORECA-Gibson 07 that triumphed in LMP2.
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The bulletin issued on Friday shortly earlier than the ultimate outcome was revealed learn: “Additional checks on components collected on the occasion on automobiles #2, #5, #8, #51, #93 and #34 have been carried out.
“After deep evaluation, all automobiles had been present in compliance with their respective rules.”
It’s understood that the delay in finalising the outcomes resulted from the investigation into the Inter Europol ORECA.
The Hypercar groups revealed on the first post-Le Mans WEC spherical at Monza earlier this month that the components taken from them had already been returned and their automobiles given a clear invoice of well being.
#34 Inter Europol Competitors Oreca 07 – Gibson of Jakub Smiechowski, Albert Costa, Fabio Scherer
Picture by: JEP / Motorsport Images
The Polish workforce additionally confirmed that the spec ECU (engine management unit), the steering wheel and IPS (clever energy change) had been returned to the workforce pre-Monza and ran on the automobile on the Italian occasion.
The half that had not been returned at that stage was the entire wiring loom of the automobile.
The efficiency of the Inter Europol ORECA pushed by Albert Costa, Fabio Scherer and Jakub Smiechowski was questioned each privately and publicly by some P2 groups and drivers.
The main focus was on the acceleration of the automobile in key segments of the monitor.
Inter Europol’s successful ORECA raced with a gearbox possibility obtainable to P2 groups that allowed it to run decrease fourth, fifth and sixth gears.
The 2 ORECAs entered by Prema additionally raced with this feature, however GPS information obtainable to the groups confirmed that the successful automobile outperformed them on acceleration out of the 2 chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight and on the exit of Mulsanne Nook.
Inter Europol denied all allegations of wrongdoing and identified that the the #34 automobile was not the quickest automobile in school.