Jose Fernandez has revealed he will be returning to World Time Attack 2011 but it will not be in the bright green Falcon. The green Falcon that run at the 2010 WTAC year has been returned to its former V8 guise and sold. Team Fernandez have retained the 700hp XR6 engine and Holinger sequential gearbox.
Whilst Jose would not reveal what their plans are for 2011 he did make the following statement:
“ Will we be back next year? You bet we will! To be honest I am still amazed at how fast the overseas cars were and there is no questioning we underestimated what we would need to be competitive. I mean let’s be honest prior to this how many cars have you heard of running much faster than a 1.40 on semi slick tyres around the Eastern Creek circuit?”
“And these cars were ten seconds quicker!! So we have certainly had a rethink and a heavy old V8 supercar is never going to cut the mustard and hence the green car has been sold. The reality is that we will need to be at a fraction of that weight to be competitive. So having said that we certainly have a plan for 2011 but I will not reveal it at this early stage. Regardless I can tell you we will be there and we will be there to be at the pointy end of the field. This year was our education and now we will put our learning’s into practice but this is certainly the direction our business is heading and this event is certainly the place to showcase it.”
We can only wonder if his plans still include the mighty XR6 or is he changing direction altogether, only time will tell!
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nooooo not the Green car!!