Mikko Hirvonen is a Finnish former rally driver, and a current Rally-Raid driver, who drove in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 2006 and 2007. In 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 he finished runner-up to Sébastien Loeb. Hirvonen's co-driver was Jarmo Lehtinen from the 2003 season until his retirement in 2014, Lehtinen had replaced Miikka Anttila who co-drove with Hirvonen in the 2002 season.
Hirvonen in Germany, 2014.
Hirvonen with a Subaru Impreza WRC at the 2004 Cyprus Rally.
Hirvonen driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 06 at the 2006 Rally Japan.
Hirvonen at the 2008 Rallye Deutschland.
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
