Team 18 will propose a revised gearbox mount to Supercars following a failure in Sydney today. RepcoSC
Pye was unable to complete his full programme at the all-in, pre-season test at the Eastern Creek circuit, his day coming to an end more than an hour early.According to the team the issue is far from unexpected – to the point that it has already designed a steel unit that could potentially replace the alloy part currently fitted to the car.
Team 18 team manager Bruin Beasley told Motorsport.com that the drawings will be provided to Supercars so that it can be assessed as a potential control part replacement."We thought about it and we've already designed a steel version of it, which we'll propose to use, because we think it will be better.
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