It has been confirmed that the original post meeting communique was incorrect in stating that there would be a limit to the releasable power for energy recovery systems in LMP1 cars on safety grounds, to “avoid the possibility of deployment of an instantaneous total power (engine + hybrid) of over 1000hp.”
The wording at least implied that this would apply across the board for the LMP1s – Instead it applies only to the Le Mans 24 Hours on safety grounds by dint of the circuit being classified as Class 2 rather than the Class 1 that applies to all of the other 2016 FIA WEC circuits.
There will be no such restrictions applied to the other 8 races.
Specifically at Le Mans the upper hybrid system power limit will be 300kw (c.400bhp), an additional restriction to the current caps on energy deployable per lap.
The move marks another significant step to the ongoing attempt to control lap times in addition to the already confirmed reduction in energy allocation per lap of 10mJ for a lap of Le Mans.
