Ford World Rally Team

Ford
Full nameBP Ford World Rally Team (until 2007)
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team (2007–2012)
BaseUnited Kingdom Cumbria, England[1]
Team principal(s)Malcolm Wilson
Technical directorChristian Loriaux
ChassisFord Fiesta RS WRC
TyresMichelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut1997 Monte Carlo Rally[1]
(with M-Sport)
Last event2012 Rally Catalunya
Manufacturers' Championships3 (1979, 2006, 2007)
Drivers' Championships1 (Björn Waldegård 1979)
Rally wins76

The Ford World Rally Team, also known as the Ford Motor Co. Team prior to 2005,[2][3] 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,[4] entering the Ford Escort World Rally Car. The new team took their first victory in the 1997 Acropolis Rally.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "BP M-Sport Ford World Rally Team – TEAM PROFILE". WRC.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. ^ "WRC Press Releases Archive 2004". fia.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Press Release – 1997 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP: RALLYE AUTOMOBILE MONTE CARLO" (PDF). fia.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Welcome to M-Sport". M-sport.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2011.