M-Sport staff principal Richard Millener has urged his drivers to focus on their efficiency slightly than potential updates to the Ford Puma Rally1.
Whereas accepting his staff doesn’t have the price range for important evolutions to the automotive, Millener mentioned Rally Portugal earlier this month supplied additional proof that the M-Sport-built Puma stays on the sharp finish of the sector in its present kind.
“We’re nonetheless creating small issues right here and there,” Millener advised DirtFish, “however I nonetheless don’t imagine the automotive is much away by way of efficiency. I went to [the] Lousada [stage] and watched them do a drag race in opposition to Toyota and we have been precisely the identical. For Grégoire [Munster] to lose in Lousada to Kalle [Rovanperä] by 0.2s and set the identical time as Adrien [Fourmaux] within the Hyundai proves my level.
“We’ve seen good stage instances from Grég and Josh [McErlean] in Monte Carlo, Sweden, I’d say each rally apart from the Canaries. We’ve identified from the beginning that the chassis is nice sufficient – I feel the fellows have a adequate package deal to carry out properly.
“I’m telling them we’ve got to work tougher within the driving, we’ve got to discover a solution to make these tires work for his or her types. That’s the place we’re going to have the ability to discover the massive positive factors. We simply must hold being practical. That is the package deal the fellows have gotten, we all know it’s adequate, so go and profit from it.”
