The men had never worked on a project like this, which involved unusual materials, gigantic forms in odd shapes and tricky conditions.
It's not so much if as when you'll have to deal with tricky, wintry conditions on the road.
Finn Hirvonen confirmed the tricky conditions facing the drivers in the mountainous terrain.
The race began with a damp track and tricky conditions, especially around Turn 3.
Another solid third place at Portugal, before continuing his strong run with a masterful victory in China under tricky conditions.
And here were period cars on pathetic tyres racing for real in tricky conditions.
Dunfermline were hungrier, had more ideas and were the better side in tricky conditions.
As the Met Office issues a yellow alert for icy weather over the following days, drivers are being reminded how to cope with the tricky conditions.
I've programmed the autopilot, but in conditions this tricky I want to ride herd on it.
But it meant racing across the always dangerous Atlantic in often tricky late-spring conditions.