Ford 'a long ways away' from WEC podium contention with torque sensor setbacks

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Ongoing efforts to optimise the World Endurance Championship's mandatory torque meter sensors means Ford's new Mustang GT3 isn't yet in a position to challenge for LMGT3 podiums, its drivers believe.

Ryan Hardwick and Giorgio Roda, the bronze-graded drivers in the Proton Competition team that runs the Mustang in the WEC, both identified inexperience with the driveshaft-mounted sensors that enable power outputs to be regulated and help to uphold the Balance of Performance as the main element hampering Ford's efforts. Speaking to Motorsport.com, Hardwick said that the torque sensor is 'the biggest thing holding us back when we’re around our competitors'.

'The Ford makes plenty of power, we just aren’t good at putting the power to the ground in an appropriate way, which is this software and the coding with the torque sensor,' he said. 'Pretty much in every straightaway, our ECU is pulling power away from us where the others are getting power. 'It’s a bit frustrating right now. We’ll figure it out, but it’s just going to take time.

 

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