Focus WRC Thread

[Simmi]

Reports from Ireland are that Gareth MacHale will run in the family 03 Focus again for one last time on the Monte before debuting his new car in Galway alongside Marcus. He's reported as having a 12 round programme so I assume he will be in Mexico again.

[Simmi]

Also interesting to see the first 06 car to be built EU55 BMZ stickered up in Stobart livery. Maybe a shakedown before being sent to Monte Carlo?

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[Jaanus]

Tord Linnerud drove the Ramsport 2002 spec Focus EX02 OBB today in Mountain rally and writes at his homepage he hopes to compete in Rally Norway in a 2005 spec Ramsport Focus!
That would mean Ramsport could enter all 4 Focus WRC cars at Rally Norway.

[Simmi]

New info from Ireland confirms not only Gareth Jones and Kevin Lynch in 05 cars for this year, but also talks of George Cullen aiming to get himself into a Focus after the first round in Galway.

Are Munchi's doing Ireland as one of their rounds this year Jaanus?
Even without them I beleive we could see around 15 Focus WRC's in Ireland, very possibly even more if Ramsport do similar for people like Higgins and Wilks maybe.

Look at the possibilities:
Gronholm, Hirvonen, Solberg, Latvala, Wilson, MacHale
Tsjoen, Mikkelsen, Boland, Jones, Lynch, Breen, White, Cullen,
Maybe Aaron MacHale, Moore, Higgins, Wilks? plus a couple of 02 cars.

Cant wait to attend the event!

[Jaanus]

Are Munchi's doing Ireland as one of their rounds this year Jaanus?

No unfortunetly they are not. The only tarmac rally the Munchi's Ford WRT will take part in is Catalunya. But I allways expected the Ireland entry list to be very good, especially for Ford fans
Also there will be new record broken in Sweden and hopefully again in Norway. So far the maximum number of Focus WRC cars in one WRC event is 9. In Sweden there are 10 Focus WRC cars entered and in Norway with Linnerud it could be 11!

[306 Cosworth]

There are 2 new 02 Cars that will be competing over here in Britain on the Wyedean on the 10th Feb, will try and find out the regs on the Scutineering day and post them up here. The drivers are Michael O'Brien and John Lloyd.

[306 Cosworth]

Just found out that John Lloyds car is the ex Stobart car 1 ES which is EX51 UAA

[ste898]

There is'nt such a car as a 05 Focus, there is the 2003 then 2004 and 2006.

[Simmi]

I sometimes (wrongly) refer to newer 04 cars used predominantly in 2005 as 05 cars. But thanks for correcting me ste.

[ste898]

Np probs a lot of people say about 05 Focus including me at first