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ford world rally team has extended its partnership in the fia world rally championship with italian racewear manufacturer sparco .
2011 monster world rally team ford fiesta rs wrc pictures, photos, wallpapers .
the m - sport world rally team has officially pulled the covers off its ford fiesta rs for the 2016 world rally championship .
the ford fiesta rs world rally car unveiled on thursday will race in the 2012 fia world rally championship .
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“no. it’s the m - sport world rally team now, a private team with some technical assistance from ford. ”
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1 sebastien ogier / julien ingrassia (red bull ford m - sport world rally team fiesta rs wrc) .
joins prodrive as team manager for its allstar rally team and secures european championship in team’s first year with driver krzysztof holowczyc .
becomes project manager for m - sport and the team’s ford focus fleet that competes in the fia world rally championship .
four - time world champion sebastien ogier has signed to drive for the m - sport world rally team next season .
“ford left the world rally championship at the end of 2012, ” i said .
ford of europe has introduced an exciting new look for its 2008 fia world rally championship campaign. the focus rs world rally car, which powered ford to the manufacturers’ world title in both 2006 and 2007, sports a striking modern livery while the squad will be named the bp ford abu dhabi world rally team for 2008 .
the m - sport world rally team ford fiesta rs wrcs will be adorned with an evolution of last year’s popular livery for the 2016 fia world rally championship (wrc) .
for their first world rally championship appearance of 2012, the monster world rally team will—for the first time ever—have not one, but two ford fiestas rs entered for wrc mexico .
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continued in the same team for compete in the eight rounds of world rally championship 1995 .
m - sport world rally team is a racing team, owned by a former rally driver malcolm wilson and it is located in cockermouth (cumbria, england). it currently competes in the world rally championship with ford fiesta wrc cars .
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and the management of the team pass to the boreham to malcolm wilson .
( ford sierra cosworth gr. a .). results in the world rally championship :
ford world rally team has extended its partnership in the fia world rally championship with italian racewear manufacturer sparco. the agreement ensures that sparco, which currently supplies overalls, boots, balaclavas and racing gloves to ford ...
the extension of the partnership comes at an exciting time for the valvoline - backed ford world rally team which last month signed former world champion colin mcrae to drive the new ford focus rally car for the next two seasons .
the ford escort rs cosworth is a group a rally car featured in dirt rally .
the ford focus rally car' 99 is a rally car produced by ford. it first appears in gran turismo 2 .
the new ford fiesta rs world rally car livery was revealed on thursday when the company' s official team unveiled the new colors that will adorn the car in the 2012 fia world rally championship .
m - sport world rally team’s mads østberg and éric camilli will continue their 2016 fia world rally championship campaign next week – piloting their ecoboost - powered ford fiesta rs wrcs at the popular rally racc catalunya - costa daurada .
joins with toyota team europe to compete in the world rally championship with celica four gr. a .
citroen world rally team principal pierre budar felt kris meeke was out of control and left ...
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four - times world rally champion sebastien ogier will race for the m - sport ford team next wrc season following volkswagen' s withdrawal .
ford' s wrc campaign boosted by partnership with abu dhabi bp - ford world rally team has strengthened its fia world rally championship title challenge by agreeing a new partnership with the abu dhabi tourism authority (adta). the ...
kris meeke would welcome sebastien ogier as his citroen team - mate for the 2017 world rally championship season .
in 2012, ford motor company announced that it would be withdrawing its sponsorship from the ford world rally team which saw an end to the ford m - sport wrc partnership. however, m - sport continued to race under new sponsorship and would occasional receive support from ford but would no longer be racing under the ford world rally team name. ford however continued to race as a registered manufacturer with the support of m - sport in other rally series such as s2000 .
m - sport reveals its new look ford fiesta rs wrc for the 2015 world rally championship, beginning with the monte carlo rally .
the ford world rally team will take to the streets of león in mexico next week to raise money for uk - based charity, sport relief .
the monte carlo rally kicks off the 2017 fia world rally championship and marks the great return of the citroën racing team to the circuit .
one of the subaru impreza rally cars that mcrae drove during the 1996 world rally championship season .
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salonen finished the season 14 th in the driver world championship and helped the team to a sixth - place finish in the manufacturers world championship. in 1988, in his final season with mazda rally team europe, salonen finished fifth in the driver world championship with the team finishing fourth in the manufacturer world championship .
working with ford’s mainstream engineers in england and germany, the ford world rally team designers have placed all major components low down and within the wheelbase of the rally car in a quest to create the perfectly balanced car .
the m - sport world rally team ford fiesta rs wrcs will be adorned with an exciting new livery this year as elfyn evans and ott tänak tackle the diverse nature of the 2015 fia world rally championship (wrc) .
today in england at the autosport international show, ford' s all - new fiesta rs world rally car was unveiled in its new 2011 specification and color scheme. team driver mikko hirvonen and ford of europe motorsport chief gerard quinn revealed the colorful car, which is one of three to compete for the newly named ford abu dhabi world rally team .
ford’s last wrc year as a full manufacturer team was in 2012. pic: lat
joins with toyota team europe for three years, but but after they sanctioned this team by the fia and not to run in the world championship, returns to ford .
( ford sierra cosworth gr. a). compete for the first time in rounds of world rally championship :
“the ford focus has many outstanding attributes which are a great foundation for creating a rally car, ” confirms malcolm wilson, director ford world rally team. “as a result, we have produced a sensational rally car with the unmistakable style of the focus. ”
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continues with volkswagen motorsport team with race touareg. win rally dakar argentina - chile win silkway rally in russia
this year, the formidable frenchman joins forces with the m - sport world rally team, piloting the all - new ford fiesta wrc throughout the 2017 season .
jani' s old rival manfred stohl was building his own team for the season 2004 and paasonen was invited to drive one of the omv world rally team' s group n mitsubishi in the 2004 fia production car world rally championship series .
in 2010, martin and wilson continued to campaign another full fia world rally championship for the stobart m - sport ford rally team. the pair' s best result was fifth at jordan rally and they helped the team to finish fourth overall in the manufacturers' championship .
body: 1986 ford rs200 group b rally car (1 of 200 units built for the world rally championship' s legendary group b homologation) .
the ford focus rs rally 2007 is an up to 2000cc (4wd) rally car in dirt 4 .
qatar m - sport world rally team’s ford fiesta rs wrc was on display at the uk’s traditional start to the motorsport season at the autosport international racing car show in birmingham today as the team revealed the livery of their new challenger for the 2013 fia world rally championship (wrc) .
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the 2017 world rally championship could be one of the most open in the series' history, reckon leading team bosses .
renews his contract with toyota team europe and becomes the first team driver with the same car .
in ford’s most visible worldwide programs, ford fiesta drivers mikko hirvonen and jari - matti latvala of the ford abu dhabi world rally team finished second and fourth in the world rally championship after a spirited battle that went down to the final event. the ford wrc duo captured three wins during the season. in all, fiesta had its most successful year in rally, capturing 16 regional and national championships worldwide .
ford did not officially enter any cars for these seasons after winning the 1979 world rally championship season, they instead concentrated on development of the stillborn ford escort rs 1700t. [ 5 ] however, ari vatanen did win the 1981 drivers championship in a rothmans liveried ford escort rs, this was run by david sutton cars, and not an official works ford world rally team .
in its 20 - year involvement with the world rally championship, the subaru team, in conjunction with its long - term partner, the banbury - based rally preparation specialist and engineering concern prodrive, won six world rally championship titles .
this time next month, ogier could be leading the m - sport world rally team, with his name and number one on the monte carlo rally entry list next to a ford fiesta rs wrc .
a ford dealership based on orkney have lent their historic reg numbers to top world rally championship team m - sport. you can find out how that came about here .
ford bp rallye sport will launch the new fia world rally championship ford focus rs wrc 04 in new zealand. the team earlier tested the new focus in portugal on gravel roadsm and were quite pleased with the changes. the new ford focus rs ...
ford bp rallye sport will launch the new fia world rally championship ford focus rs wrc 04 in new zealand. the team earlier tested the new focus in portugal on gravel roadsm and were quite pleased with the changes .
we have a new generation of world rally cars, and a new team - it' s certainly an exciting time .
responsible for the running of the entire team, our team principal, team manager and tyre specialist form the technical and logistical hub of the m - sport world rally team. devising the tactical approach taken by the team on each rally, these individuals assess everything from weather to changes in surface characteristics and car performance to determine the optimum strategy for each event .
the experienced fred gallagher, who partnered ari vatanen in the ford world rally team for two events this season, will co - drive for both rådström and jean - joseph .
the ford escort rs cosworth is a group a rally car in dirt 4 .
some see volkswagen' s decision to quit the world rally championship as inevitable .
the ford focus rally car, like the road car, is all - new, sharing few parts with the ford escort which won more rallies than any other competition vehicle over the past 30 years. the ford world rally team designers - led by project manager guenther steiner - worked closely with the ford focus team from the small and medium vehicle centre at dunton, essex and cologne, germany to ensure unparalleled access to ford’s technology and resources .
the faw - vw rally team wins both the manufacturers' and drivers' titles .
to suit the latest world rally regulations, ford evolved a new escort, the world rally car, for 1997. this version won two world championship rounds in double world champion sainz' s hands, the tough acropolis rally in greece and rally indonesia - the escort' s final victory at world championship level. in a desperately hard - fought series, the escort wrc also took second in the manufacturers' standings .
provide the team with the clothing that allows them to perform on all rounds of the fia world rally championship - from the sub - zero temperatures of rally sweden to the blistering heat of rally mexico .
m - sport team principal malcolm wilson was impressed with world rally champion sebastien ogier' s performance as he tested the 2017 ford fiesta rs wrc for the first time on friday .
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in 2011, martin returns to the wrc for the sixth year alongside wilson. the duo will be competing under the m - sport stobart ford world rally team banner alongside team - mates mads østberg and henning solberg. they will contest the season in ford' s all - new challenger for 2011 – the ford fiesta rs wrc .
throw $ 30m – probably about the cost of one of its nascar teams – in wilson’s direction and the ford world rally team would ape volkswagen global domination for the next four years .
ford will not win the world rally title this year - but they have certainly given the impression that they might in the future .
qatar m - sport world rally team revealed the livery of their new challenger at the autosport international racing car show in birmingham, england .
m - sport also operates a thriving customer business for private teams. it assists ford drivers with programmes world - wide involving the focus rs wrc, the ford fiesta s2000, the ford fiesta r2, gpn ford fiesta st, the ford fiesta r1 and, new for 2013, the all - new ford fiesta r5 as well as the ground - breaking ford fiesta rrc and rs wrc .
the second ford focus world rally car entered for the china rally will be driven by either rådström or solberg, a decision which will made midway through the 1999 season .
sebastien ogier will decide between two options for his world rally championship future this week .
m - sport reveals its new look ford fiesta rs wrc for the 2015 world rally championship, beginning with the monte carlo rally. m - sport has taken the wraps off the car it will campaign it the 2015 world rally championship, complete with a new design that evokes iconic liveries in ford’s past .
from the world endurance championship (wec), volkswagen just announced its intent to close its largely dominant world rally championship (wrc) team. while volkswagen has remained publicly tight - lipped ,
in the year of its debut, the focus rs won the wrc opening rally in monte carlo driven by marcus grönholm. it also won another eleven rallies which earned bp ford world rally team their wrc manufacturer' s championship .
m - sport is mostly known as a company which runs a team in the world rally championship but the other part of their business is also important, as m - sport grew up into world’s leading company for rally cars preparation, working for numerous customers all around the world .
they will be partnered by former world champion petter solberg and chris patterson, who signed one - year agreements to drive the team' s second fiesta rs wrc in all 13 rounds. the experienced solberg won the world title in 2003, and the 37 - year - old norwegian driver has 13 world rally wins. it will be solberg' s second stint with ford, having launched his world rally career with the team in 1999 .
ford had a long and successful history in rallying, winning the world rally championship (wrc) in 1979 with the ford escort rs1800 and drivers hannu mikkola, björn waldegård and ari vatanen .
compete in rally lisboa - dakar with volkswagen touareg, win five stage, 9th. 1st rally transibérico (portugal) 2nd morocco rally 2nd rally uae desert challenge (dubai) champion of the fia' s world cup rally cross country. winner rally shalymar with skoda fabia wrc
the 2010 wrc season was the last for ford focus rs wrc, a ford fiesta rs wrc was introduced for 2011. mikko hirvonen and jari - matti latvala were driving two new cars (# 3 and # 4) for ford abu dhabi world rally team while four drivers were chasing points in the # 5 and # 6 cars for m - sport stobart world rally team: henning solberg, matthew wilson, mads ostberg and evgeny novikov .
ford world rally team director malcolm wilson and ford of europe motorsport chief gerard quinn unveiled the livery for the fiesta rs wrc at the autosport international racing car show in birmingham, england, motorsport' s traditional start - of - season showcase event .
ford’s commitment to achieving success in the fia world rally championship was highlighted again today with the announcement that it will have a squad of four drivers with which to contest the 1999 series. three more drivers today joined the ford world rally team line - up to partner lead driver colin mcrae in a move which emphasises the company’s goal of securing manufacturer and driver world titles in the new millennium .
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joins with prodrive to compete in the world rally championship with subaru impreza 555 group a .
the fia is planning a comprehensive overhaul of the world rally championship feeder categories from 2019 .
as technical manager for jolly club spa in milan, italy, steiner helps lead the team to three straight italian rally championships while competing in group a of the fia world rally championship .
characterising the passion, skill and determination of the rally course, ms - rt is a unique collaboration with racing legend malcolm wilson. with more than 30 years’ experience at rallying’s highest level – much of it with ford – in 1996 wilson took over management of the ford world rally team .
steiner and his team of seven were tasked to build one of the team’s two group a mazda 323s. by 1987, in just their second season competing in group a, steiner and his team led finnish driver timo salonen to his first win in the swedish rally, which was only the second race of the season. salonen finished the season 14th in the driver world championship and helped the team to a sixth - place finish in the manufacturers world championship. in 1988, in his final season with mazda rally team europe, salonen finished fifth in the driver world championship with the team finishing fourth in the manufacturer world championship .
the introduction of new world rally championship technical regulations in 2010 could provide prodrive with an opportunity to re - enter the championship with a new team .
“when designing this year’s livery we were keen to produce something fresh and exciting whilst celebrating ford’s long and prestigious standing within the fia world rally championship, ” said m - sport team principal malcolm wilson .
2017 fia world rally championship for manufacturers – positions after round 7: 1. m - sport world rally team - 234pts 2. hyundai motorsport - 194pts 3. toyota gazoo racing wrt - 143pts 4. citroen total abu dhabi wrt - 97pts
the efforts of the' flying finn' and his compatriot co - driver miikka anttila also meant that the bp ford abu dhabi world rally team scored more points on the final round of the season than the team above, finishing second in the manufacturers' standings .
ford' s new world rally championship headquarters in cumbria was officially inaugurated by jacques nasser today (saturday) when the ford motor company president and chief executive officer made a flying visit to the uk .
while wilson and martin are competing in 13 rounds of this year’s world rally championship (wrc) on behalf of the stobart m - sport ford world rally team the pair have still managed to fit in training for the challenging tour de corse between travelling the world for various rally events. a small break in the wrc calendar during the month of june, between rally portugal and rally finland, has allowed a window for the duo to take part in the charity event .
subaru legacy (1993): mcrae moved to the world stage full time with the subaru world rally team in 1993, driving a legacy rs. he claimed his first wrc win in new zealand that year
in 1996, malcolm wilson motorsport was chosen by ford as an operating company for their wrc participation with ford escort rs cosworth converted into the ford escort wrc, so the team started the 1997 season under a new name .
ott tänak, evgeny novikov and francois delecour form the all new m - sport ford world rally team, new leading ford’s privateer. according to team’s official release, main goal is to try and emulate successes of it’s predecessor, stobart team, and two young hopefuls and monte first - timers, tänak and novikov, are joined by experienced french veteran and monte winner, delecour .
between 1977 and 1980 he also competed on selected world championship events, initially for the official ford team and then, after its withdrawal from the sport at the end of 1979, for the semi - private rothmans rally team. he took his debut win at the 1980 acropolis rally and became the world rally champion in 1981. he remains the only privateer driver (i. e. not driving for an official factory team) to have achieved this feat .
2017 has seen the start of yet another stellar year at world rally championship. competing with four - time world champion sebastien ogier as the team’s number - one driver, the ms - rt supported team won the season opener – the monte carlo rally. they also lead both the drivers and manufacturers championships .
during his time with ford world rally team and m - sport, mcrae was able to achieve nine rally victories and sixteen total podium finishes in the focus. in 2001, he completed the season in 2 nd place for the overall driver’s championship .
running the ford wrc team cars since the 1997 season, m - sport is key to the blue oval’s ambitions in the world rally championship. for 2017, the dovenby - based company and racing team took to modify the all - new fiesta to challenge for victories .
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the frenchman and co - driver julien ingrassia have won the last four world rally championship titles in a row, with 38 rally wins .
“the ford focus rs world rally car is one of the strongest packages on gravel stages. solid and dependable, it' s one of the defenitive rally cars of recent years. ” — car viewer description the ford focus rs wrc is a pro - class rally car in dirt 3 .
aa patrol brian evans of aberystwyth helped ford world rally driver jari - matti latvala to a great' finnish' at the wales rally gb last week with second place in the drivers' championship .
rally monte carlo kicks off the 2017 fia world rally championship and marks the exciting return of the citroën racing team to the circuit. complying with the new fia regulations, which see the introduction of a new generation of very spectacular world rally cars, c3 wrc heralds the return of citroën as a works team in a discipline in which the brand holds a record 96 race wins and eight world titles. 2017 opens with a challenge for the citroën racing team: hoisting the brand to the highest level of the world competition with c3 wrc !
the ford escort rs cosworth is a 90' s - class rally car featured in dirt 3 .
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this is a great day for motorsport, for abu dhabi and for the united arab emirates. this valued partnership for the current season sets us all on - course for continued international awareness, and from 2008, the bp - ford abu dhabi world rally team will be seen competing across the globe ,
said sheikh sultan .
we have total faith in the partnership between abu dhabi and the bp - ford world rally team .
team principal, malcolm wilson obe, said: “the 2015 livery was immensely popular so rather than changing it completely, the team opted for an evolution which has created a bold look for our 2016 fia world rally championship campaign .
from timo makinen to richard burns just about every world rally champion from the past 30 years has competed in a ford escort rs at some stage or another .
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it begins immediately and the team' s ford focus rs world rally cars will carry a revised livery bearing abu dhabi signage from the next round of the championship in finland next month. united arab emirates driver khalid alqassimi and co - driver nicky beech, leaders of the fia middle east championship, will drive a bp - ford - entered focus rs wrc on four of the remaining eight rounds of the championship - in finland, germany, spain and ireland. the team will be renamed bp - ford abu dhabi world rally team from the start of the 2008 season .
a year into driving the ford fiesta rs wrc after years spent sitting behind the wheel of the subaru impreza wrx sti, ken block is gearing up for the 2011 rally season by unveiling the 2011 monster world rally team ford fiesta rs wrc armed with a year’s worth of rally experience and, in the case of his refreshed ride, a host of freshly updated livery .
“it’s important that we plan not just for 1999, but beyond, and the decision to sign three drivers to partner colin lays a solid platform for the future which we hope and believe will bring the reward of world championship success, ” said ford world rally team director malcolm wilson .
ford team rs director jost capito, bp - ford team director malcolm wilson and championship leader marcus gronholm were all present in abu dhabi as adta chairman sheikh sultan bin tahnoon al nahyan announced details of the new partnership to a large gathering of media .
ford focus wrc (1999): ford made a bold move by snapping up mcrae to drive the new ford focus wrc in 1999. mcrae claimed the car' s first victory on its third event, the safari rally
when designing this year' s livery we were keen to produce something fresh and exciting whilst celebrating ford' s long and prestigious standing within the fia world rally championship ,
said m - sport team principal malcolm wilson .
replacing the m - sport stobart ford world rally team as the wrc’s leading privateer, the m - sport ford world rally team will be hoping to emulate the successes of its predecessor’s final season and get its own 2012 campaign off to a flying start. the stobart team recorded its best ever season since its creation in 2006 last year with three podium finishes – two second places for mads østberg and a third place finish for henning solberg – and with some of rallying’s most promising young talents under the m - sport banner, the team will be hoping for future podiums of their own .
prior to that, atkinson had come off of a career - best season in 2008 as the number two factory driver for the subaru world rally team alongside petter solberg .
continues with volkswagen motorsport team with race touareg. 1st rallye dos sertoes, brazil. 1st silk way rally, russia. retired in rally dakar by accident
stepping up to the main citroen team in 2010, six podiums included two outright victories at both the vodafone rally de portugal and the rally of japan .
m - sport’s greatest racing achievement came in 2006 when ford won the world rally constructors championship in the ford focus rs wrc. they also managed to retain the title for the following season. 2006 was the first time ford had won the title since they started competing back in 1981 .
the partnership was welcomed by ford of europe president and ceo john fleming, who said :
ford is delighted to welcome adta into the wrc and, more specifically, into the successful bp - ford world rally team. having won the world title last year with the focus rs wrc, we' ve made a strong start to the 2007 season and currently lead both the manufacturers' and drivers' championships .
when a world champion speaks, it' s kind of rude not to listen. when a four - time world champion speaks, it' s contemptible not to act on what he' s saying. so, ford, time to get yourself back into the world rally championship .
as the works team then concentrated on developing new models for the 1980s, another famous member of that victorious 1979 team, ari vatanen, spearheaded a privately - financed escort team which contested the world rally championship in 1980 and 1981. after winning the acropolis rally in 1980, ari went on to win three more events in 1981 to become the first and only privateer to win the world drivers' championship .
steiner moved to banbury, oxfordshire, u. k. , in 1997 to join prodrive as the team manager for its allstar rally team. steiner led the new team to the european championship in just its first season with driver krzysztof holowczyc .
ford is staring at an open goal in terms of global appeal and publicity right now. the world championship is waiting .
established by ex - factory team driver malcolm wilson, m - sport was selected to run ford’s world rally championship programme in 1997, and achieved considerable success over the next 14 years, including two manufacturers’ titles in 2006 and 2007 .
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citroën and michelin share so much history together, on both the manufacturing and motorsport fronts. together, the two companies have claimed five fia world rally championship titles and five fia cross - country rally world cups .
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after a world rally championship season without victory, ford campaigned a new ford focus rs wrc based on the mk2 version of the road - going focus for their participation in 2006 wrc season. it boasts a duratec rally engine developed by the french engine specialist, pipo moteur .
serves as assistant team manager for top run srl in the fia world rally championship. driver grégoire de mévius finishes second in back - to - back seasons in group n .
he said: “being avid motorsport fans – especially anything ford or powered by a ford engine – my father and i both thought this was an ideal opportunity for m - sport to emphasise their position in the 2017 world rally championship .
ford' s management will be relieved about that, for they swept through the team with a new broom ahead of this season .
two more world rally championship victories followed in 1996. a privately - prepared escort rs cosworth driven by private - owner patrick bernardini won the monte carlo rally while carlos sainz won the rally of indonesia .
other ford motor company guests included richard parry - jones, group vice - president product development, nick scheele, chairman, ford of europe and martin whitaker, european director of ford racing .
back in december vaughn was invited out to gymkhana grid at irwindale speedway by ken block and the monster world rally team to drive ken’s 1978 ford escort mkii. vaughn had a ton a fun blasting the escort around the track and coincidentally was …
after a rapid rise through the ranks, including british championship titles in 1991 and 1992, mcrae broke onto the world stage with the prodrive - run subaru world rally team. he claimed his first wrc win in a subaru legacy in 1993 .
“the 2015 livery was immensely popular so rather than changing it completely, the team opted for an evolution which has created a bold look for our 2016 fia world rally championship campaign .
when designing this year' s livery we were keen to produce something fresh and exciting whilst celebrating ford' s long and prestigious standing within the fia world rally championship .
after further testing in britain and norway, the ford focus world rally car will make its competition debut on january 17 when two of the valvoline - backed cars driven by mcrae and jean - joseph will start the monte carlo rally - the opening round of the 1999 fia world championship .
antoine l' estage and his codriver alan ockwell of the yokohama canada rally team won the 2014 edition of the rallye defi by winning every stage of the rally .
sebastien ogier’s maiden voyage with m - sport in the world rally championship now has a visual to accompany it .
the final registration date for wrc teams to contest the fia world rally championship for manufacturers is 16 march 2010 .
m - sport was strong enough to continue running several teams. sponsored by the state of qatar, the main team entered the 2013 wrc season as qatar m - sport world rally team, fielding two cars for mads ostberg and evgeny novikov. thierry neuville was a full - time driver in the third car for the satellite qatar world rally team, with juho hanninen and nasser al - attiyah using the fourth car in selected events .
it will also appear on the upgraded ford fiesta r5 of elfyn evans, who is confirmed to start rally monte carlo and rally sweden in the wrc2 category .
bp - ford world rally team has strengthened its fia world rally championship title challenge by agreeing a new partnership with the abu dhabi tourism authority (adta). the agreement announced this morning in the middle east will provide a significant boost to the bp - ford squad, winner of the manufacturers' crown in 2006 and clear leader in both the drivers' and manufacturers' standings at the halfway point of the 2007 season .
ford' s director of european motorsport, martin whitaker welcomed the extension of the partnership .
we' re very pleased to continue our agreement with sparco. safety is one of the most vital aspect in motorsport and sparco produces top - quality equipment which the ford world rally team is privileged to use .
guenther steiner, team principal of haas f1 team in the fia formula one world championship, has accepted that challenge multiple times in a nearly 30 - year motorsports career that has taken him across the globe .
team principal, malcolm wilson obe, said upon the unveil :
the 2015 livery was immensely popular so rather than changing it completely, the team opted for an evolution which has created a bold look for our 2016 fia world rally championship campaign .
brian joined the team for the full week in cardiff as part of a job swap with rally technician ashley fowler who works for m - sport, based in cockermouth, cumbria, which prepared and ran all the official ford focus rs wrc cars in the fia world rally championship (wrc) .
the new car appeared in 1999 with british driver colin mcrae and immediately grabbed headlines for recording the fastest stage times during the monte carlo rally – the new team’s first event. m - sport scored its first world rally championship victory in its third event of the season at the safari rally in kenya. a month later, mcrae scored his second win in a row at the rally of portugal. steiner led the team to a fourth - place finish in the manufacturer world championship and mcrae finished sixth in the driver world championship .
“with colin mcrae we have the world’s fastest rally driver and our target is to put him in the world’s fastest rally car, ” he continued. “to partner him, we have decided to take a bold approach and give three highly promising young drivers with specialist experience a chance to demonstrate their natural talents and acquire world rally experience. ”
1999 marked the beginning of a four - year relationship between mcrae and ford; it was also the first season that ford would be using their new focus wrc. upon joining the ford world rally team, run by world - renowned cockermouth - based m - sport, he was able to prove his worth right off the bat, achieving a 3rd place finish in monte carlo, the inaugural round of the 1999 wrc season. unfortunately, the team was using an illegal water pump, ultimately resulting in mcrae’s disqualification .
apart from its own team, m - sport also runs cars for private teams and individuals, which is why fiesta rs world rally cars are such a common sight on entry lists .
mikkelsen' s management team has been in negotiation with toyota, hyundai and citroen in its efforts to get the former volkswagen driver back into the world rally championship' s top class .
in 1984, vatanen signed to drive the peugeot 205 t16 for peugeot' s factory team. from the 1984 1000 lakes rally to 1985 swedish rally, vatanen won five world rallies in a row. he was tipped to win the 1985 world title, but at mid - season was trailing his team - mate timo salonen after a series of accidents and mechanical problems .
a little bit of orkney will travel with world rally champion sebastien ogier and co - driver julien ingrassia this season as well as with their team - mates ott tanak and martin jarveoja .
stilo are renowned as a world leader in the motorsport industry and provide the team with class - leading helmets, intercoms and headsets. urltoken
the team' s 1996 world champion, hill will attend the annual motorsport show to start celebrations of the 20th anniversary of his title .
“this has been an outstanding season for the ford fiesta in rallying, winning so many championships around the world, “ said gerard quinn, ford of europe motorsport chief. “in its competitive debut the ford fiesta rs wrc took a podium lock - out at rally sweden and finished the season in similar fashion at the final round, wales rally gb. as a factory prepared rally car or in the hands of private competitors the ford fiesta is proving to have the competitive dna that has seen ford so successful in rallying over many decades. “
the fia world rally championship’s most keenly anticipated season has just started. great number of changes was introduced concerning technical and sporting regulations and as a result more powerful and new - look world rally cars showed up on special stages .
fords compete in the world rally championship, but ford itself is shying away. for the good of its reputation, and sebastien ogier, it needs to become a proper player again
serves as head of reconnaissance for jolly club spa in the fia world rally championship and helps lancia win the manufacturers world championship in back - to - back seasons in group a .
1999 marked the beginning of a four - year relationship between mcrae and ford; it was also the first season that ford would be using their new focus wrc. upon joining the ford world rally team, run by world - renowned cockermouth - based m - sport, he was able to prove his worth right off the bat, achieving a 3 rd place finish in monte carlo, the inaugural round of the 1999 wrc season. unfortunately, the team was using an illegal water pump, ultimately resulting in mcrae’s disqualification .
as henry ford once famously said ,
if everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself .
this video commemorates our team and trade partners who have aided the m - sport outfit to two manufacturer world rally championships and countless rally wins and podiums over the years. show less
jani' s first rally with the ford focus wrc was swedish rally, where he retired. the second trip to sweden was much more successful, when he became the first foreigner to win south swedish rally .
since that first season, nearly forty years ago, ford has built their fair share of extremely successful rally cars, while pushing the limits of technology and innovation. some of the most notable rally cars that have been a product of the ford world rally team are the mk1 and mk2 escorts, the monstrous and fabled rs200, the escort rs cosworth, the focus rs wrc and most recently, the fiesta wrc .
ford' s new world rally championship headquarters in cumbria was officially inaugurated by jacques nasser today (saturday) when the ford motor company president and chief executive officer made a flying visit to the uk. for its new role, the ...
guenther steiner, team principal of haas f1 team in the fia formula one world championship, has accepted that challenge multiple times in a nearly 30 - year motorsports career that has taken him across the globe. start with a blank sheet of paper. build a championship - caliber team .
the only team yet to lead a rally is citroen, and it has only scored one stage win with stephane lefebvre .
kankkunen won rally australia in 1989 and 1993 driving a toyota celica, while in the australian rally championship the toyota team run by neal bates took six drivers’ titles between 1993 and 2008 and continues to draw a big following for his 1980 toyota celica world rally car in the classic series .
buag' s management has has assisted young drivers to reach the top of the rally world for over 30 years .
malcolm wilson is targeting sebastien ogier as m - sport' s number one driver in the 2017 world rally championship .
sebastien ogier, right, secured his fourth straight world rally championship title in 2016 with co - driver julien ingrassia .
m - sport has taken the wraps off the car it will campaign it the 2015 world rally championship, complete with a new design that evokes iconic liveries in ford' s past .
the following year he returned to the wheel of a ford, driving the ford escort rs cosworth for a semi - private team, and then being co - opted into the ford factory team where he stood in for the injured francois delecour. his most notable result that year was a podium finish on rally argentina, the first time he had contested the event since his accident there nine years previously .
positioned at the heart of the football field - sized final assembly area, the inaugural plaque reads
this stone was unveiled by jacques nasser, president and chief executive officer, ford motor company, to inaugurate dovenby hall as the headquarters of m - sport limited and the ford world rally championship team, 1st july 2000
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besides world rally cars, m - sport’s factory produced hundreds of other rally cars, starting with ford fiesta s2000 which was launched in 2009. today, m - sport offers r1, r2, s2000, rrc, r5 and wrc variants of ford fiesta. in recent time, with an expansion of rallycross, m - sport built many fiesta rx cars. the last project was the ford focus rs - rx, prepared together with ford performance and hoonigan racing division for the 2016 fia world rallycross championship .
“drawing inspiration from what continues to be a strong technical partnership with ford, this year’s colour scheme creates a fresh look for our new team .
at the end of that season, ford selected the team to take over the running of its wrc programme. despite desperately little time to grow from a small company to one capable of running a two - car wrc programme, malcolm wilson motorsport became m - sport and the team won two rounds of the series and ford finished runner - up in the manufacturers' championship. it built the all - new ford focus world rally car in 1998 to rally in 1999 and the model continues to win events around the globe.
the ford world rally team , also known as the ford motor co . team prior to 2005 , is ford motor company 's full factory world rally championship team . in its current form , it has been a competitor since the 1997 season , when ford motor company 's motorsport arm selected the malcolm wilson motorsport company to run its factory team , entering the ford escort world rally car . the new team took their first victory in the 1997 acropolis rally . 
the ford world rally team, also known as the ford motor co. team prior to 2005, is ford motor company's full factory world rally championship team. in its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when ford motor company's motorsport arm selected the malcolm wilson motorsport company to run its factory team, entering the ford escort world rally car. the new team took their first victory in the 1997 acropolis rally.
the ford world rally team, also known as the ford motor co. team prior to 2005, is ford motor company's full factory world rally championship team. in its current form, it has been a competitor since the 1997 season, when ford motor company's motorsport arm selected the malcolm wilson motorsport company to run its factory team, entering the ford escort world rally car. the new team took their first victory in the 1997 acropolis rally.