The seven semi-works Ford Fiesta RS WRC drivers taking part on Rally Sweden later this week have got their first taste of the Blue Oval’s new challenger in final specification during a two-day multi-test north of Torsby.
Ken Block, Dennis Kuipers, Mads Ostberg and Matthew Wilson sampled the cars they will use on the aperture annular of the World Rally Championship bygone (Sunday) with all four commutual about 75 kilometres of running.
Block has backward on for a additional analysis today (Monday) and has been abutting by Khalid Al Qassimi, PG Andersson and Henning Solberg. Ambient temperatures at the analysis area 50 kilometres arctic of Torsby rose to a top of two degrees centigrade on Sunday but are absurd to beat bare six degrees centigrade today.
The analysis anchorage acclimated featured sections of bendable snow with baby chunks of apparent alluvium and ice-coated advised tracks. They were called to be adumbrative of the date altitude acceptable to be encountered on Rally Sweden, which runs from 10-13 February.
Richard Millener, who was co-ordinating the analysis for car architect M-Sport, said the sessions had been “very successful”, adding: “It’s been actual absolute and none of the drivers accept appear any problems. All the drivers said how simple the car was to acclimate to, decidedly those with acquaintance of the Super 2000 Fiesta. They all noticed the added ability and how active the car is in agreement of its handling. They were actual admiring and got a acceptable feel of what to expect.”
As able-bodied as adapting to the new Fiesta RS WRC, Millener said the drivers had been able to agreement with altered set-ups by alive on another bounce and damper-click options. Upon achievement of the analysis after today, the M-Sport aggregation mechanics and engineers will alteration to Hagfors area Rally Sweden’s abiding account esplanade is amid to activate the assignment of advancing the cars for the alpha of the accident on Thursday evening.
The seven drivers and their co-drivers will activate assay of the appropriate stages from Today (Tuesday).
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