Adrien Fourmaux, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
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“I really struggled on the dirty stuff to slow the car down and rotate it. It is definitely not ideal, but we had a test in the wet – it was really clean with no cuts, and then we went Rallylegend where it was fully dry.
“But here there is a lot of dirt on the road, so I think we missed something on the test.
“But also there is something wrong because directly from the start of the event I mentioned to the team that the car doesn’t feel the same as it was in Rallylegend with the same springs, same anti-roll bar and same dampers, the car was already much softer. There is something we need to investigate.
“We are going to change the anti-roll bar and springs and we will see if there is any difference.”
Fourmaux was one of four Rally1 drivers to suffer a hybrid unit failure on Friday, which added to the frustration.
Team-mate Gregoire Munster and Toyota’s Sami Pajari also had to run four stages without the boost as teams are unable to reset the devices on safety grounds under the new regulations.
M-Sport has confirmed that it has replaced the hybrid units on its cars ahead of Saturday’s stages.
“We had an issue in Greece and we have had the issue here, it is really frustrating, so I think it is big shame for everybody,” Fourmaux added.
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Publish date : 2024-10-18 20:32:00
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