It is a quite long article which I will not copy here, but a brief part is here below:Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Watching the Mini in Finland and Germany, you saw a perfectly well settled and balanced chassis which is inspiring confidence in the drivers.
The team's technical director, Dave Wilcock, points to the early development work as the reason for the car's handling ability.
"That has a lot to do with the time we spent looking at what would make the perfect car under the new regulations," says Wilcock.
"We looked at every alternative and came up with a very good solution from the simulations in terms of things like the geometry.
"Because of this design work, we knew we would be strong on asphalt so I wouldn't say I'm totally surprised by the result in Germany."
Otherwise David Evans points to the drivers contribution and he thinks, that they both do a very good job. He also mentions that the team expects further upgrades to the engine but he is a bit worried that BMW's commitment to the DTM might affect the rally effort in a negative way.
