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Originally Posted by RED55
PMR are the only team from 2016 who ran a 2017 package,2017 Toca engine and RML kit, so id say their planning is much more forward thinking than some teams, 888 being a comparison, they ran gprm/rml ki and a 2016 engine so they don't have the data PMR have gathered this year
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I'd say it was more a case of right car right time. With RML having helped BTC Racing (and also Neate's team?) originally engineer the Cruze (plus their ongoing WTCC efforts) it made sense for them to work with what they know. I'd have expected them to develop the 2017 package with whoever was running them last year.
Whether it's a master stroke is if PMR anticipated this and hung onto the Cruze for 2016 knowing they'd get an early play with the Christmas toys as a result (you'd have thought they'd have pushed for better drivers to gain the most data) or if it was just a happy accident that they had the right car at the right time.
Fact is, if they can get it all together quickly and give Tom some decent time to test pre-season to get to know the car, then there's no reason why they shouldn't be in the top end of the field!