The WRC's cost-cutting rules that limit testing throughout the season are 'ridiculous' and may cause teams to spend more money, according to Neuville.
The FIA has imposed a testing reduction for this season with the view to ease the financial pressures on teams as testing is one of the largest expenses during a season.
Last year each manufacturer driver would conduct a test day prior to all European rounds with pre-event testing in the region ahead of the flyway events prohibited. "For me first of all it is ridiculous to reduce the testing to only seven days per driver,” Neuville told Motorsport.com."We were supposed to have 14 events this year and now 13 and we can only test for half of the events.
"It is not ideal especially when you have difficulties in a certain area to work on something and having so few days is difficult to get over that,” Evans told Motorsport.com. "For the youngsters, it will be an extra challenge as they don’t have the experience and need to collect it [data] very quickly.”
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