Ford ends M-Sport run in WRC?

[Bobcat]

Ford evaluating WTCC comeback - WTCC news - AUTOSPORT.com

Is it possible that Ford could/will end the failed M-Sport run in the FIA World Rally Championship?

Hopefully that Citroen will beat Ford also in Finland. Maybe then someone in Ford will finally realize that something needs to be done/changed.

Presently, going to become another Subaru.

[Barreis]

That's normal in sport. M-sport wants money more then results.

[Allar]

I dont see it happend in next 4 years. Ford will be there, behind Citroen.

[focus206]

Hmmm... if Ford ends M-Sport run in WRC, they can give the Fiestas to someone else (hopefully more professional than M-Sport) or they will left WRC?

[driveace]

A private team as M Sport is ,cannot compete with a full works team as Citroen is.Remember the old "works" teams Ford ,Lancia,Audi,Fiat,BMC,all connected directly with the factory.M Sport is there to make a profit for the owners ,winning i believe is secondary to that.

[Barreis]

Prodrive made driver champs as a private company.

[AndyRAC]

Very harsh if true.
I remember when Malcolm and M-Sport got the contract back in November 1996. I remember somebody saying that the MWMotorsport Escort RS Cosworths were just as good, if not better than the 'Works' cars.
I'm sure they have made mistakes, however, if Ford gave them a proper budget, they would do a lot better. As it is, they run all these other customer programmes to generate income to run their WRC effort. Ford are the ones to blame, in my view.
Going to the WTCC is hardly a great sign of Ford's judgement - that's a dead duck series....at least the WRC is on the way up - if slowly!

[N.O.T]

No other company managed to fail so many times in so long.... I would like to see Ford in the WRC but as a full manufacturer with full support and getting managed by people that care about the company of Ford Motors rather than their own personal little shop and their promoting of their 20 year plan useless little sick dogs.

[Barreis]

The only good thing would be to put Hirvonen and Latvala where they deserve - at home. They'll never be champs.

[Allar]

Sometimes M-sport have been better than all the works team's, but it just have not worked out for them. 2003 they had fastest car, but then they had reliable problems, but later they had great Loeb aginst them and this have destroyed M-sport image in my eyes.