World Rally Championships
Ford choke on Mexico dust in World Rally Championship
BP FORD Abu Dhabi World Rally Team retained the lead in the FIA World Rally Championship after a double points haul in Rally Mexico.
Last updated 12 March 2010
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Thin air and rocky roads for Stobart M-Sport Ford
STOBART M-Sport Ford is fielding two Ford Focus RS WRCs in the high-altitude Rally Mexico piloted by Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin and Henning Solberg/Ilka Minor.
Last updated 5 March 2010
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Ford down Mexico way
TWO-hundred years after Mexico’s native Indians began their bloody fight for independence against Spanish rule in Guanajuato, BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team this weekend takes up the call to arms in the mountains near the city for a battle of a different kind.
Last updated 4 March 2010
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M-Sport’s Fiesta grabs three top places
RALLY Sweden proved to be another highly successful event for M-Sport’s new Ford Fiesta S2000 as three finished in the top four places of the S-WRC category and the car scored an overall WRC stage win.
Last updated 18 February 2010
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Flying start for Hirvonen
FINNS Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen got their 2010 World Rally campaign off to a flying start by winning the opening event, Rally Sweden.
Last updated 18 February 2010
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Points for Stobart in season opener
STOBART M-Sport Ford made a solid start to the new WRC season collecting 14 points in the opening round, Rally Sweden.
Last updated 18 February 2010
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World Rally Championship debut for M-Sport Ford Fiesta
M-SPORT’S new Ford Fiesta S2000 makes its first appearance in the FIA World Rally Championship at Rally Sweden this weekend.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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Matthew Wilson revved up for 2010 World Rally Championship
WEST Cumbrian Matthew Wilson is all revved up for the WRC season opener in Sweden.
Last updated 12 February 2010
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Monte Carlo triumph for M-Sport’s new Fiesta
M-SPORT, the Dovenby-based team behind the development of the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car, scored a dream debut when the car took international victories on two continents within 24 hours.
Last updated 28 January 2010
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World Rally Championship Mikko Hirvonen honoured with award
FIA WORLD Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen has been honoured with one of motorsport’s most prestigious awards.
Last updated 10 December 2009
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West Cumbrian star Matthew Wilson takes seventh in World Rally Championship
WEST Cumbrian Matthew Wilson has finished seventh in the 2009 World Rally Championship.
Last updated 29 October 2009
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Hirvonen misses title by just one point
MIKKO Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen’s dream of a maiden FIA World Rally Championship title ended in disappointment in Wales after a stirring final day’s battle in the Rally of Great Britain.
Last updated 29 October 2009
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Title decider for World Rally Championship this weekend
AFTER 11 rounds, 219 speed tests and 3,774.37km of competition, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen’s challenge for the FIA World Rally Championship drivers’ title will be decided at the final fixture in Wales this weekend.
Last updated 22 October 2009
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Successful season for Stobart team in World Rally Championship
A SUCCESSFUL season for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team comes to an exciting climax as the team prepares to celebrate its best year ever at its home event, the thrilling final round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally GB.
Last updated 22 October 2009
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BP Ford’s World Rally Championship trophy victory
BP FORD co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen has won this year’s Michael Park Trophy.
Last updated 22 October 2009
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Trial taste of Welsh forests for Mikko
BP-FORD crew Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen will finalise their preparations for the FIA World Rally Championship title decider in Great Britain later this month by driving in the Cambrian Rally in north Wales this weekend.
Last updated 15 October 2009
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Wilson equals his best asphalt finish but Solberg struggles
MATTHEW Wilson and Henning Solberg set up the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team for a strong finish to the 2009 FIA World Rally Championship season at the team’s home event, Rally GB.
Last updated 8 October 2009
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World championship will be decided in Wales
THE battle for the 2009 World Rally Championship drivers’ title will go right down to the very last event, the Rally GB, in two weeks time.
Last updated 8 October 2009
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