FIA highway sport director Emilia Abel says she’ll wait till after the Magic Weekend to attract any conclusion on how the 2 powertrains are stacking up towards one another.
“It’s true that electrical appeared sturdy in Lousada,” Abel instructed DirtFish. “It’s clear there was a protracted straight with numerous grip and the electrical vehicles had been taking the benefit from this. However let’s see what’s coming subsequent.
“In the end, we noticed each applied sciences represented on the rostrum, so it’s not distant. We are going to monitor this and the sporting laws enable for a evaluate and attainable modifications after every spherical if we really feel it’s not appropriate and balanced.
“What we’re doing now’s having our technical division analyze the information. We additionally had a reference automotive (pushed by Andreas Bakkerud) in each (ICE and EV) within the take a look at and in the course of the race to watch the observe evolution. Plenty of effort has been put in there to deliver it to a good end result.
“What we all know is the response from the groups within the paddock on Sunday night time – they had been all coming to us and saying that, after a number of years, it feels actually optimistic once more. No person was complaining.”
