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Originally Posted by Tourer
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Having someone from Ford (in America) undermine the work done here so openly and publicly was neither helpful nor constructive.
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An untenable and unacceptable sentiment that disrespects the excellence of Ford Performance. Has Ford Performance's demand for extra VCAT testing, with Ford Performance noting unreliable data while observing the VCAT test, been approved or not?!
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In any event, the resulting VCAT has given us three years of very competitive racing with one championship won by a Ford driver and two by a Holden one. As have many VCAT and engine parity tests in the past. Perfect? Maybe not, but pretty effective for the most part in producing some great racing over the last 20 years plus. And done within the means of this country.
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It sounds like "NIMBY" syndrome...
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The sensible way to approach this is to get three race meetings under the belt (Newcastle, the AGP and Perth – all different tracks and environments) and then examine the real time data.
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Overlooking that wind tunnel testing at various ride heights and yaw angles would produce reliable data without the variables of variable ambient wind, tyres and suspension tuning.
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Using the platform of an exciting F1 announcement to air Supercars issues in public only serves to undermine our sport as a whole and is the last thing that most sponsors, for instance, would want to hear or read about.
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This seems to overlook Roland's own anti-Mustang Gen 2 publicity campaign at the 2019 Adelaide 500 and 2019 Australian Grand Prix support meeting?!