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1990 was the transitional year. Gravett won that in an RS500, so he carried the #1, but BMW and Vauxhall had a years development headstart. '91 was purely 2l.
According to the article I have the car didn't turn a wheel until practice for the first race at Silverstone, they couldn't get it to "steer, handle, or react to suspension alterations". Then later on it says the team is concentrating on getting more top end power out of the n/a unit, as the head was designed for the turbo unit.
There were plans to get Mike Smith out in a second car for the next round (Silverstone again, the Brands round was late June), but i don't know if that happened.
Andy Middlehurst in his Sierra was slightly quicker than RG in practice, but I don't have him listed as finishing the race - RG classified 9th (18 entrants, I only have 9 finishers written in, but there may have been more).
There's no reference in the article to the gearbox location - I must have read that somewhere else.
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