🗣️'On the surface you’d say that the car is weaker than it was before, so it’s a bit of a trade off.' Early signs are that the new Gen3 Supercars are less robust when crashed, according to Tickford Racing CEO Tim Edwards ⬇️
The Ford squad left the Newcastle 500 with the heftiest damage load of all of the teams as two of its four Mustangs found the wall.
The Courtney car was an interesting case study for the entire category given it was before the race and put the repairability of the cars to the test. "Well, the ability to bolt things on would appear easier but it didn’t appear to be that big an accident and it’s obviously done a huge amount of damage, a lot of parts," he said.
"Unfortunately you need to crash the things to understand exactly what the mode of failures will be. No different to the Car of the Future.
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