[WTCC] New entrants in the championship

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Originally Posted by awrb

To be totally honest, that sounds to me like Gio was saying, "the team was great, but I didn't get on with the car, and BMW weren't prepared to modify the car so I did". Which is my exact point.

Imagine if Gio was doing the equalisation that year, the BMW would be running on -100kg or something, because he just couldn't get on with it, while Priaulx and the Mullers were very fast.

He actually says that with the 320i he could have worked on it, were it not for the BMW philosophy that the driver should suit the car and not the opposite. The rest of the teams, such as 888, help the driver by bringing in different setups and so on, so that the driver is more comfortable with it.
I think that if the driver doesn't come from an s2000 environment it will always be hard for him to adapt to the different cars. As I said, if you take Alessandro Balzan, he drove the AR 156 in the Etcc, but he also drove Superstars and now fights for the Italian Porsche Cup title against Rangoni, so he has a good experience with different types of cars. He would be the most neutral guy to do that job that I can think of. If you work a little bit, you can find a suitable driver.