It's an old article... It's funny that they still haven't found a solution after all those years. Even after all those cars they built during their era. And here we are, Neuville still the only one who could actually drive that car on asphalt.
Well the new car is completely different than the old one.
Old one was massively understeering on tarmac and hard to turn in, so that Neuville would use the handbrake more than the steering wheel at times.
New one is mostly oversteering and hard to have confidence in.
WRC 2025 Sporting Regulations art. 17.4.1 says a manufacturer cannot use more than 9 chassis in a season, so why should they be required to build at least 10?
As for the race itself, not much real excitement but once again a major shuffling of the deck somewhat. I think these cars have smaller setup windows and it doesn't take much to get it wrong.
Max...
Ford Racing made a 2025 Wrap. No reference to Puma.
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