Team Aon remain positive despite setback
Mike Earle is said to be confident about the car’s performance despite being given a restrictor added to their engine.
Both Team Aon Focus’ will now have to use the 37mm turbo inlet restrictor fitted to its LPG engine in a bid to bring the cars closer in terms of performance.
Mike Earle spoke to BTCC.net and said that he will have to take the decision to restrict their engines “on the chin”.
He added, “Whilst any change to our engine’s specification and the resulting reduction in power will surely hurt us, I also feel that the engine is only one part of our overall package and we have worked incredibly hard to make all aspects of the package as strong as possible and will continue to do so.”
“A car is presently undergoing some suspension development at Ford’s testing facility at Lommel in Belgium and this is part of our on-going plans. I believe we will still be competitive and look forward to another strong performance at Oulton Park in three weeks time.”
Alan Gow was also quick to point out the reasons for making the changes to the Team Aon’s engine stating that, “The decision on the LPG engine was made after logging and carefully analysing data from all its first nine races, then comparing that same data with those from other top cars – it was certainly not as a result of any team or driver complaining.”
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James Mappin
