Fowler added that spotlight was being paid to different areas of WRC2027 at Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Jyväskylä base.
“We’re concentrating on the mechanical components,” he stated. “The ultimate bodywork on high of the automotive is one thing we take a look at a lot later – that’s sort of the final chapter for us. Now we have to deal with what’s beneath [the bodywork] proper now and that’s what we’re doing.
“As we all know for the 2027 laws, every thing is actually the identical for everyone – so the job of making ready a automotive for the 2027 laws is doubtlessly extra easy than for different homologation cycles.
“Once you look, for instance, on the adjustments after we moved to the 2017 automotive or launched hybrid in 2022, they have been larger [changes]. Sure, now we have the price cap to think about, however that’s attainable with a really fastened set of laws.”