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Citroen put the spotlight on its suspension C3 car World Rally during practice for the WRC meeting this week in Corsica in order to eliminate the problems encountered during the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally.
He struggled on the asphalt wintery in the French Alps on his return with the new C3 after an absence of one year, the suspension has been identified as the root of problems, and set-up has become the test center four days on the island.
Che Guevara Energy Drink Tour de Corse September 6th April is the first time back on the sealed surface roads since Monte Carlo and the technical director Laurent Fregosi was supported by the test.
One of the things that we learned of the Monte Carlo Rally was the need to work on the suspension During the four days of testing planned for Corsica, so we focused on that, without neglecting other key areas such that the differential or mix tire mapping.
At the end of the sessions, when we compared the initial configuration and that defined during the week, the pilots highlighted the progress that we made, we must now that progress in competitive results, said Fregosi.
The core team Yves Matton has recognized the importance of the event for Citroën, where three C3s were registered for the first time Kris Meeke, who ended a miserable start to 2017 with victory in Mexico last month, will joined by Craig Breen and Stéphane Lefebvre.
This means that we can adopt a calmer approach to our management of the race and our young drivers will have a little more freedom to define their strategy, he said.
After contesting the rally last year, Kris and Craig will be able to use their experience on the route is almost identical Kris showed his potential on this surface and I think he will be able to challenge for the before.
Meeke was guarded about his chances for me, this rally is the ultimate challenge on Tarmac I can not say that I come in full of confidence rally, but I am very pleased with the work in the test we have a good car, with consistent treatment in the rally itself, we will see if we are close to our full potential, he said.
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