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Originally Posted by S griffin
I seem to remember Radisich saying they had found a tyre compound that suited the car towards the end of 94, hence why he was able to dominate the World Cup at Donington. The main problem in 95 was the heavy V6 put a lot of strain on the front tyres. They seemed to have sorted the problem in 96, for although the car was seldom competitive, it did seem to be more consistent over a race distance
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By 1996 the other manufacturers were all racing to improve and the Mondeo got a little left behind by then on the development curve.
On the V6 isaue, I recall a similar problem for the MG XS in 2001-2002? as it had a V6 in it and it caused tyre wear and unbalanced the car.