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Ott Tänak still getting used to the Ford Puma
All is not yet rosy between Ott Tänak and his Ford Puma. © Nikos Katikis / DPPI
The relationship between the driver and his car is always special. He must feel good on board to be able to be competitive. This is why everyone tries to adapt as quickly as possible in order to be in the game from the first moments of the season. This is unfortunately not yet the caseOtt Tänak for example.
Back home M-Sport après des passages chez Toyota, où il a été sacré champion du monde en 2019, et Hyundai, l’Estonien a dû découvrir une toute nouvelle voiture : la Ford Puma. Sous ses nouvelle couleurs, Ott Tänak n’a pas mis longtemps à faire triompher l’équipe de Malcolm Wilson avec une victoire au Rally of Sweden, the second round of the season. But despite encouraging beginnings, the current 4e of the championship recognizes that he has not yet fully adapted to his new machine.
« The car has always been in the game, but I think it and I aren't totally on the same page, he admits lucidly. This is probably a bit of a touchy subject right now. It's positive to save a few points, because it didn't seem possible on Friday (after his mechanical problems in Mexico).
Like I said, the car is in the game and it's competitive in other hands, but I would say it's not natural for me and I'm not able to perform as I should. " And it's not reduction of trial days which will accelerate his acclimatization of the Ford Puma.
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In charge of promotion formulas (F2, F3, FRECA, F4...). Carried by the grace of Franco Colapinto.
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