The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for Rallye Sport and the WRC for World Rally Car, the car's FIA specification. The Focus RS WRC was in competition from 1999 to 2010, winning 44 world rallies and two manufacturers' world titles. It was replaced by the Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Ford Focus RS WRC
Carlos Sainz driving an RS WRC 01 at the 2001 Rally Finland.
Mikko Hirvonen driving an RS WRC 08 in Germany.
Focus WRC (1999) at the 2001 Rally Finland.
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.
Ford World Rally Team
The late Ford Motorsport manager Peter Ashcroft in 1982
Ford team director Malcolm Wilson at the 2011 Rally Finland
A Ford Escort RS in 1979 Ford Motorsport colours at the 2014 Race Retro show
