Ford Fiesta RS WRC
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| Category | World Rally Car |
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| Constructor | Ford/M-Sport |
| Technical specifications[1] | |
| Chassis | Reinforced body with welded, multi-point roll cage |
| Length | 3,963 mm (156.0 in) |
| Width | 1,820 mm (72 in) |
| Wheelbase | 2,480 mm (98 in) |
| Engine | Ford EcoBoost engine 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged |
| Transmission | 6-speed sequential manual transmission |
| Weight | 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| Competition history | |
| Notable entrants | Ford World Rally Team Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team Qatar World Rally Team |
| Notable drivers |  Mads Østberg Evgeny Novikov Juho Hänninen Thierry Neuville Nasser Al-Attiyah Ken Block Martin Prokoppreviously: Mikko Hirvonen Jari-Matti Latvala Petter Solberg Khalid Al Qassimi |
| Debut | 2011 Rally Sweden |
The Ford Fiesta RS WRC is the World Rally Car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford and M-Sport for use in the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car, and will replace the Ford Focus RS WRC, which has been competing in various versions since 1999. It is also built to the new World Rally Car regulations for 2011, which are based upon the existing Super 2000 regulations, but is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine (1.6 L turbo Ford EcoBoost engine[2]) rather than the normally aspirated 2-litre engine found in Super 2000 cars. M-Sport and Ford introduced a Super 2000 version of the Ford Fiesta at the beginning of 2010, which will form the base of the WRC car.
Stobart Ford World Rally Team drivers Matthew Wilson and Henning Solberg have carried out much of the development work on the car during 2010, with Per-Gunnar Andersson and M-Sport managing director and Ford team director Malcolm Wilson have also driven the car.[3]
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WRC victories [edit]
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No. Event Season Surface Driver Co-driver 1 
59th Rally Sweden2011 Snow 
Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen2 
21st Rally Australia2011 Gravel Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen3 
67th Wales Rally GB2011 Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila4 60th Rally Sweden2012 Snow Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila5 
46º Rally de Portugal2012 Gravel 
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson6 68th Wales Rally GB2012 Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
RRC version [edit]
In 2012, the RRC version of the Fiesta was launched to comply with the regional rally rules of the FIA; it is basically a Fiesta WRC, only with a S2000-specification rear wing, a slightly different front bumper and a 30mm restrictor instead of a 33mm one found in the WRC variant. The Fiestas with RRC specification can be converted to WRC specification in 6 hours.[4]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- Ford World Rally Team
- M-Sport
- The History of the car from ItalianWRC.com website
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