M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[Fast Eddie WRC]

They used the Focus RS for WorldRX and I understand that it is the the same weight as the other smaller cars (208, Polo, DS3 etc), so maybe it could come to WRC in the future ?

And looking at the 2017 Citroen C3 WRC, that seems quite a bit bigger then the WRC Yaris...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Full info on the 2017 Fiesta WRC:

http://fordeurope.blogspot.co.uk/201...-ford.html?m=1

[EstWRC]

Such a beast

[Allyc85]

Absolutely stunning!

[GravelBen]

Bit of an ugly bumpkin IMO, colour scheme might help though once thats finalised.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

M-Sport managing director, Malcolm Wilson, believes his team has created a car with winning potential.

“Having driven the car myself, I can honestly say that it is one of the most impressive we have ever produced. It’s exciting to drive, it sounds fantastic and it looks absolutely sensational." he said.

“Every team is starting on an equal footing and I’m confident that we have produced another car which is capable of challenging – and winning – at the very highest level.

“More than 95 per cent has been designed from scratch and our team has had whatever they’ve wanted to build the best possible car. No expense has been spared, and we start the 2017 season with one goal in mind – returning to the top step of the podium.”


“We’ve pushed the physical boundaries in all areas and have some very interesting things going on underneath the surface that we are sure are unique to this car and have already improved performance significantly in testing," he said.

[Sulland]

Strange upper lip

looks a bit like Gorgon the Janitor

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[SubaruNorway]

I'm no aero expert but wouldn't bending the rear diffuser up at the end make
it pul the car down more like an up side down airplane wing?

Would look better as well.

[Mirek]

Diffuser works on different principle. It uses the road as the opposite side of a closed channel (Venturi tube). By gradually enlarging it's area it creates under-pressure which "sucks" the car to the ground and by slowing the air down at the outlet it reduces the turbulences behind the car and by that reduces the drag.

[br21]

Hats off to Malcolm Wilson!! So many people (here also) laugh at him, that he thinks only about the money, makes slow cars, etc, etc. And when opportunity arises he was the one who was most determined, most motivated to get Ogier. He really did a lot to achieve it, got money, convinced Ogier, let him drive his car, etc, etc. Only Tommi was trying to do the same, rest thrown white towel. OK, they said they have good teams, drivers, etc, etc already, but we will see their faces at the end of 2017... For me it's huge achievement by Wilson and whole MSport team, they all proved to be real fighters desperately wanting to achieve something big. Of course automatically they saved their business for few more years easily, as now it will be much easier for them to sell/rent cars. Cool to follow 2017, MSport during last few seasons was private team trying to fight with huge manufacturer teams, now situation changed as they have by far the best driver available. And that driver liked the car they build. So if I were guys from other teams I would start to fear about the future.