Giandomenico Basso comments on his recent Abarth testing for Monte
Giandomenico Basso was testing recently for Abarth in the south of France ahead of the upcoming Rallye Monte Carlo.
He was using the Grande Punto Super 2000 with some new upgrades for the 09 model and he also tried out BFGoodrich's new snow tyre.
Basso commented on the test to rally-live.com:
The test was good, although in the areas with a lot of snow conditions were really complicated: you can go from having a lot of grip to practically zero.
The car felt fine, but I felt that we could still benefit from another day in order to refine the set-up, so hopefully we will be able to manage that."
He commented about the new snow tyres from BFGoodrich:
Those tyres took a little bit of getting used to. Monte Carlo is still an event where you need a bit of luck, as the conditions vary so much. It's the sort of place where a bit of experience is useful, but mostly you have to rely on your wits.
A lot of what will happen in Monte Carlo will depend on the weather. If it is largely dry like last year it will be more like a conventional asphalt rally, but if it snows heavily then anything can happen."
Video of Abarth testing for RMC
Photo: lolomaz from forum-auto.com
Source: rally-live.com
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