If I were to drive my Volkswagen with a V6 engine at 140mph, it would run out of fuel within an hour. How can these types of cars with V8 do hours of driving at over 140mph? What kind of black magic is this.
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[Here are the LeMans regulations in a .pdf file](https://assets.lemans.org/explorer/pdf/courses/2019/24-heures-du-mans/regulations/2019-24-heures-du-mans-supplementary-regulations.pdf)
They do make pit stops to swap tires and refuel.
In aerodynamics (looking at Newton’s laws of motion), drag is proportional to velocity squared.
The competing cars have a much lower drag coefficient than production cars, more efficient drive trains with less power loss and weight less than 900 Kilograms.
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