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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
Or another theory:
The Subaru advantage has been nullified by a CoG/Height calculation that means the car is on par with other NGTC models with limited development.
Plato has little experience with pushing a lesser-developed NGTC car, having been used to a more developed position in the past.
Sutton is used to extracting the most from a car, whereas Plato is more used to operating with better developed machinery.
Therefore, Sutton knew how to get the most out of the weekend, whereas Plato (by his own admission in the Adrian Flux blog) couldn't out-handle the back half of the pack.
'the car’s not working as well, or as balanced, as it used to. It’s very frustrating.[...]Everybody’s got relatively good corner speed and there’s a rhythm and a momentum to the race. If you’re near the back it all stops in the corners and our performance is all in the corners. “He [Sutton]drove a great race one and then had the benefit of that better grid position and the softer tyres."'
I mean come on - if you're justifying the fact that your teammate outperformed you based on their grid position for the later races, it looks a bit stupid if they were 31st on the grid for R1 and you were the highest placed Subaru in 15th!!!!
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I agree. Suttons car was obviously handling far better than Platos. it's simple. Sutton got more out of the car than the other three drivers. he drove the wheels off it and was great to watch.
strange they didn't bother doing the test day at Thruxton. if they are really on the back foot then why aren't they development testing? maybe they have some mechanical or money issues.