Focus WRC Thread

In 1 rally 11 cars frome the same make. Never seen before!

http://www.rallye-magazin.de/r/wm/ga...ash=9e7ed269bf

(In Germany the same... I'm there!)

I have been lucky enough to obtain all the reg-plates of the Focus WRC cars used in Finland and they are now available at my website.
A bit strange that Ford built a new car only for Grönholm and not for Hirvonen. Also it is highly likely that Latvala will get a different car for Deutschland, because usually with roll-gage damage M-Sport sends cars back to England for a full rebuild and that takes more than 2 weeks.
I was really sad to hear the roumor that Gareth Jones is likely to miss Deutschland. Surely he would have been faster on tarmac. And where is Gareth MacHale? Originally Finland and Deutschland were in his plans but it seems he has budget problems.

As far as I can gather Gareth isn't having budget problems, it just took a lot longer then expected to get his Focus fixed after his Sardinia crash. He was in action for the first time again today winning the Stonethrowers rally in Ireland. I assume he will be back for the tarmac rounds and Ireland/GB to end the year.

Well done on getting the information Jaanus many thanks

I think MacHale opted to do a few more rallies closer to home to bed himself back in to the Focus, he did the Stonethrowers rally within the last week.

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Originally Posted by Jaanus

....And where is Gareth MacHale? Originally Finland and Deutschland were in his plans but it seems he has budget problems.

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From his website:

The accident in Italy has almost finished our seasons WRC programme but hopefully we will be back on the WRC trail very soon.

http://www.garethmachale.com/latestnews.html

Gareths car was only finihed the thursday before the stonethrowers so it was touch and go wether he would start or not

Can someone tell me please which team run/prepare the following cars?

Ford Focus WRC 02

Christian August Selmer-- DJ 83925 ex EK51 UAB

Eddie Horbing --AGU 161exEX02 OBD



Ford Focus WRC 05
Stephen Moore -- EK52 NWN
Michael Barrable -- EN02 UCT

Ray Breen --EO03 YRJ
Steve Perez -- VK 3 ex ET53 UJP

Can someone tell me please which team run/prepare the following cars?

Ford Focus WRC 00/01/02

Christian August Selmer -- ex EK51 UAB --DJ 83925
Eddie Horbing --ex EX02 OBD-- AGU 161
David James --EX02 OBE
John Lloyd --ex EX51 UAA --JL 99
Steve Hendy --ex S10 FMC--H3 NDY
Jonas Kruse --ex S11 FMC - WOB 099
Seamus Heron --S7 FMC
Einar STAFF Jr --ex V2 FMC --RZ 28256
Ari Vihavainen --ex V8 FMC-- BL 9009
Mats Jonsson --ex V9 FMC --XOK 394
Dave Weston --Y128 XEV
Hugh Martin Dohery --Y3 FMC
Paul Benn --Y4 FMC
Jukka Hiltunen --Y6 FMC

Ford Focus WRC 05

Michael Barrable --EN02 UCT
Ray Breen --EO03 YRJ
Steve Perez --ex ET53 UJP--VK 3
Stephen Moore --EK52 NWN

Hiltunen and Vihavainen are run by their own, not any team. Although Hiltunen rents an engineer now and then from M-Sport.

Dave Weston is run by Ramsport