Fourmaux was equally playful: “They made a rocket, now they want an astronaut!” he laughed.
However ultimately, Neuville defined that the brand new automotive felt good in testing, however {that a} huge step ahead shouldn’t be anticipated.
“I imply, yeah, there are some adjustments after all, however we have to see in the course of the weekend the place are the advantages of it,” Neuville informed DirtFish.
“It felt good for all of us in the course of the testing. However once more, folks count on massive steps, however ultimately it’s extra small particulars we enhance. I imply, we’re on the highest stage of this sport, and we wouldn’t be there if the automotive would have been unhealthy earlier than.
“So there’s not massive steps we are able to achieve anymore, particularly with technical rules as properly which principally are very restricted.
“We did some adjustments on, normally, the chassis, the burden, the dampers and the uprights, so small adjustments.”
Neuville confirmed that each one the drivers labored on the upgrades “collectively” and that “all of us preferred the adjustments”.
He continued: “I believe we now have seen yearly a few occasions the place we wrestle on the exhausting, slippery floor, and that’s positively the place we wished to enhance the automotive.
