M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[WRCStan]

Ford should certainly be able to afford part of the cost of developing a WRC27-spec car with M-Sport.

The new Cars are considerably cheaper than the Rally1 and sales should be good to privateers. It would be a win-win keeping both at the top level of WRC.

I have to agree with Quinn for once, twice actually. Ford do give support, it's not entirely freebie like deephouse jokes, but that's only for now. The other is that manufacturers have no use for WRC.

They're also losing money left right and centre: https://www.ft.com/content/93e352c0-...d-a86e4d2aeb47

$19.5bn lost to u-turning on EVs, "their share of the US car market could fall from about 10-12 per cent to 5 per cent." "a $3bn writedown to end its battery joint venture with South Korea’s SK On" "The company’s electric vehicle division, Ford e, recorded a $5.1bn loss in 2024 and lost $3.6bn in the first three quarters of 2025."

“We’re in the fight for our lives and our industry” - They aren't pumping money into M-Sport's profits.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Of course Ford is having a bad time financially, but their support of M-Sport is a drop in the ocean. Plus they get good advertising value from it.

Ditto for supporting the building of a WRC27 car. If private tuners can afford it, Ford & M-Sport can.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Jon Armstrong shows the full ladder of opportunity with M-Sport, from a Fiesta ST in 2012 to the Puma Rally1 in 2026...

https://www.facebook.com/10004548268...40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Podcast featuring Josh McErlean and Jon Armstrong on adapting to the Rally1 Car, including the aero and Hankook tyres...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kQ...JUHrCNg&t=1356