The ACO adjusts its regulations for 2010

The organizers of 24 Hours of Le Mans did not want to shake up everything with a view to next season. Inspired by the key words ?stability and consultation?, they managed to establish a settlement by taking into account the wishes of everyone. Indeed, following a meeting which took place on June 29 and 30 at Le Mans with all the manufacturers, the ACO wanted to ensure that it stuck as closely as possible to the current context.

« In an unfavorable economic context, the idea was to touch cars as little as possible », Indicates Vincent Beaumesnil, the ACO Sport Director. “ However, it was necessary to provide clarifications or modify certain points to prevent competitors from investing in solutions that we consider too extreme, and which would go against the objective of keeping cars above 3? 30?? at Le Mans. »

Based on this principle but also with the aim of balancing performance between LM P1s equipped with a diesel engine, a racing gasoline engine or a unit coming from a car approved in LM GT1, the ACO wanted to rectify certain points.

Thus the flange of diesel engines has been reduced by 2,1% from 37,5 mm to 37,0 mm while that of gasoline engines goes from 32,5 mm to 33,3 mm, a variation of +5%. The boost pressure of diesel engines is also lowered by 5,8%. These adjustments aim above all to guarantee technical equity between the different technologies as well as to allow each competitor to be competitive. Will they be enough? here again, Mr. Beaumesnil wants to be confident. “ It is on the track that we will be able to appreciate the effects very precisely, in any case, this is the aim of this adjustment which required enormous work He concludes.