That's part of the problem with these teams who jump from a sorted RS spec race bike out of the crate, expensive yes, but prepped and on the pace from day one, to a pretty much standard road bike with a few extras, look at Renegade they started the year with a kitted blade, and the 2nd bike for Bostrom was a road bike!!
You're not going to win or even get on the podium with something like that at the top level, I imagine Birdie and Mark Griffiths are kicking themselves with the utter lack of points etc this year.
The preverbial saying comes back again to haunt them... "you pays your money...."