[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

On the FIA list, all 3 (?!) Ford teams kept the name open

11/01/2011
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
LIST OF ENTRANTS

ENTRANT
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM - Loeb
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM * - Hirvonen
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM *
MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM
MUNCHI’S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD *
FORD *
FERM POWER TOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM
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* Entrant name to be confirmed.
The final registration date for WRC Teams to contest the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers is 26 April 2011.

http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre.../2011_wrc.aspx

ENTRANT
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM - Loeb
CITROËN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM * - Hirvonen
FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM *
MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM
MUNCHI’S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM
M-Sport Stobart FORD World Rally Team
M-Sport Stobart FORD World Rally Team
FERM POWER TOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM
ICE1RACING

Tomorrow we know the name of the Official Ford team. It will be announced on the auto show.

I hear BP are no longer involved with ford,so im sure it will be ford abu dahbi world rally team and a new colur scheme

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Originally Posted by Pinto

I hear BP are no longer involved with ford,so im sure it will be ford abu dahbi world rally team and a new colur scheme

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BP is still involved under Castrol banner I think.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

There is still a Stobart Team....

But it's now called M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team

http://wrc.com/news/revamp-for-m-spo...try/?fid=14026

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Stobarts are not involved at all now they have pulled out totally I have this from a member of the team

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Originally Posted by Mirek

BP is still involved under Castrol banner I think.

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ah right so after the bp oil rig disaster in the US of course it would be more PC to drop the bp bit

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Originally Posted by ste898

Stobarts are not involved at all now they have pulled out totally I have this from a member of the team

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so why keep them in the title of the team so ??

nostalgia maybe :) Or a thank you for all the effort in speeding up Mathews carriere, so Malcolm gives them free advertisement space.

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Originally Posted by Pinto

so why keep them in the title of the team so ??

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I would say it is very strange to see stobart name or maybe they are getting free advertisment?

Stobart are still logistics supplier to MSport and Ford so I guess its a downscaling, but still enough to warrant exposure on the car.