“The hybrid one… you’re not the primary particular person to say that: is Elfyn’s efficiency this season associated [to that]? Our info says no. We have now an understanding about what has gone in Elfyn’s route other than his personal mindset and his personal efficiency. In fact there’s different components that may contribute.
“We don’t assume that the hybrid is one among them, however after all it may have an impact.”
Fowler believes it’s a mixture of all of the various factors that modified over the low season which have made the distinction, and that Evans has merely completed a greater job adapting than most.
“I feel what’s necessary to take a look at this season is the quantity of issues that’s modified,” Fowler stated.
“So the hybrid has gone away, the engine is much less highly effective due to the restrictor change, the automotive is lighter – it’s not solely lighter nevertheless it’s a special steadiness due to the burden principally coming away from the rear the place the hybrid battery was located.
“And on high of that, the one factor that holds the automotive on the highway – the tire – is completely completely different. The way in which to extract the efficiency, as a group and a driver, has modified immensely since final season.
“I feel Elfyn has completed a extremely good job on his transition from… if we give it some thought from a testing perspective, on the finish of final 12 months, notably as a group, we have been making an attempt to extract every little thing we probably may from a automotive with these tires of final 12 months, and that setup; all the best way as much as Japan powerstage, we have been brainstorming between us and the drivers tips on how to get each single millisecond out of that automotive with that setup.
