Ford Fiesta RS WRC
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| Category | World Rally Car | ||
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| Constructor | Ford Europe/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 M-Sport / X-Trac six-speed semi-automatic transmission gearbox with hydraulic shift | ||
| Weight | 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) | ||
| Tyres | Michelin Pirelli DMACK | ||
| Competition history | |||
| Notable entrants | M-Sport World Rally Team Jipocar Czech National Team DMACK World Rally Team Previously: Ford World Rally Team Qatar World Rally Team | ||
| Notable drivers |  Mads Østberg Martin Prokop Robert Kubica Elfyn Evans Lorenzo Bertelli Ott Tänak Eric CamilliPreviously:  Thierry Neuville Juho Hänninen Mikko Hirvonen Jari-Matti Latvala Petter Solberg Khalid Al Qassimi Evgeny Novikov Nasser Al-Attiyah Ken Block | ||
| Debut | 2011 Rally Sweden | ||
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The Ford Fiesta RS WRC is the World Rally Car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport for use in the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car, and replaced the Ford Focus RS WRC, which competed 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 forms 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]
WRC victories (Fiesta RS WRC)
No. Event Season Surface Driver Co-driver 1 
59th Rally Sweden
2011 Snow 
Mikko Hirvonen
Jarmo Lehtinen
2 
21st Rally Australia
2011 Gravel Mikko Hirvonen
Jarmo Lehtinen
3 
67th Wales Rally GB
2011 Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
4 60th Rally Sweden
2012 Snow Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
5 
46º Rally de Portugal
2012 Gravel 
Mads Østberg
Jonas Andersson
6 68th Wales Rally GB
2012 Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
RRC version
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 RS WRC, only with an S2000-specification rear wing, a slightly different front bumper, a lighter flywheel and a 30mm restrictor instead of a 33mm one found in the WRC variant. The Fiesta's with RRC specification can be converted to WRC specification in 6 hours.[4]
WRC-2 victories (Fiesta RRC)
No. Event Season Driver Co-driver 1 61st Rally Sweden
2013 
Yazeed Al Rajhi
Michael Orr
2 
27º Rally Guanajuato México
2013 
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Killian Duffy
3 
33º Philips LED Rally Argentina
2013 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Killian Duffy
4 22nd Coates Hire Rally Australia
2013 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Killian Duffy
5 48° Rally de Portugal
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Giovanni Bernacchini
6 34º Rally Argentina
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Giovanni Bernacchini
7 23rd Rally Australia
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Giovanni Bernacchini
8 
50° Rally Catalunya
2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Giovanni Bernacchini
9 29º Rally México
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Matthieu Baumel
10 35° Rally Argentina
2015 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Marshall Clarke
11 49° Rally de Portugal
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Matthieu Baumel
12 12° Rally d'Italia Sardegna
2015 
Yuriy Protasov
Pavlo Cherepin
13 24th Rally Australia
2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah
Matthieu Baumel
14 58. Tour de Corse
2015 Julien Maurin
Nicolas Klinger
Ford Fiesta RS WRC 'Evolution'
In Rally Finland 2014 M-Sport launched a facelifted version of the Fiesta RS WRC. Despite the change on the front of the car, it's still the same under the bonnet. M-Sport later revealed the 'Evolution' version would come in 2015.
Before Rally Portugal 2015, M-Sport launched the 'Evolution' specification of the Fiesta RS WRC. Unlike the first version's engine which was built by Pipo Motors, the new Fiesta RS WRC's engine is completely built by M-Sport, with technical support from Ford. The car has also undergone a full redesign under the bonnet with further developments to the cooling package, transmission, electronics, wiring harness and differentials.
See also
- Citroën DS3 WRC
- Citroën C3 WRC
- Hyundai i20 WRC
- Mini John Cooper Works WRC
- Toyota Yaris WRC
- Volkswagen Polo R WRC
References
- ^ Evans, David (10 February 2011). "WRC Preview: Tech Insight". Autosport. Vol. 203, no. 6. Haymarket Publications. pp. 60–61.
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- ^ http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=376511&FS=WRC
- ^ http://www.m-sport.co.uk/index.php/motorsport/the-rally-cars/ford-fiesta-rrc
External links
- Ford Motor Company
- M-Sport
- The History of the car from ItalianWRC.com website
- Ford Racing