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http://racing.ford.com/series/rally/...in-2016-f.html

M-Sport is involved:
Malcolm Wilson, OBE, managing director for M-Sport, believes that together, they’ve produced a very special race car. “Working closely with our colleagues at Ford Performance and Hoonigan Racing Division, a huge amount of work has gone into this project,” he said. “It’s been an extremely exciting, rewarding venture -- one we hope yields considerable success. I’m confident we have a winning formula for the season ahead.”
Interesting. Will also be interesting to see just how much Block gets owned by Bakkerud!

@Gordini - My brother said the same, but I'm not so sure. Hansen really improved after last season and I think could be the one to beat. Petter is always quick, his main problem will be the car, unless he can be on par with how good that Peugeot was by the end of the season then he could have issues. Where I think Loeb will mostly lose out is in the racing element, he's quick but I think he'll struggle with how rough RX can be. No doubt he'll be in the running for the title (I think along with Solberg and Hansen...possibly Bakkerud with a few wins too if the car is half decent), but I don't think it'll be easy for him.

Away from that I'm interested to see what crops up for some other drivers. Is Jeanney still with Peugeot Hansen? Presumably the Solberg/Doran team is still together (although clearly one of those is pulling their weight and the other...) and will Heikkinen have a drive now that Marklund have joined with VW Sweden?