M-Sport and Ford are proud to complete a fully updated ‘Ladder of Opportunity’ with the introduction of the all-new EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R1 – the second new car to be produced by the team at M‑Sport Poland’s headquarters in Krakow. Like the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R2 that was introduced late last
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THE ALL-NEW FORD FIESTA R5
M-Sport and Ford are proud to introduce the all-new EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5. Replacing its hugely successful predecessor, the new Fiesta promotes the latest motorsport technology and road-going design. Based on the Ford Fiesta ST-Line which is manufactured at Ford’s world-class facility in Cologne, M Sport has worked closely with the
UPDATED ŠKODA FABIA R5 SUCCESSFULLY HOMOLOGATED AND READY FOR COMPETITION
› Rally car successfully homologated by the international motorsport federation FIA › After thousands of kilometres in challenging tests the updated ŠKODA FABIA R5 will appear in competition soon › ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek: “The updated ŠKODA FABIA R5 is a follow-up of our successful R5 project.” Mladá Boleslav, 30 April
KEVIN HANSEN TAKES MAIDEN VICTORY IN ABU DHABI
BT SPORT TO BROADCAST ALL WORLD RX ROUNDS LIVE IN 2019
C3 WRC SETS SAIL FOR CORSICA
WRC ATTENDANCES TOP FOUR MILLION FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON
WRC attendances top four million for second straight season WRC rounds again attract more than four million people in 2018 Championship records remarkable 30 per cent fan growth in six years Pinnacle of global rallying remains huge magnet for spectators Munich, 22 March 2019 – The number of fans attending
PIENIAZEK PRIMED FOR ASPHALT
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller are primed for their first asphalt outing with the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5. Contesting next week’s Tour de Corse, the Polish pairing will tackle their third surface in as many events as part of the FIA World Rally Championship’s premier
ROVANPERÄ AND ETTALA ON THEIR TWO SPORTING WORLDS COLLIDING
Both Kalle Rovanperä and Eero Ettala are no strangers to travelling fast on snow and ice. But in an added twist, snowboarder Ettala raised the speed stakes by travelling while hanging onto the rally car of WRC driver Rovanperä in Kuusamo, Finnish Lapland. After their adventure, the pair talked about the challengings
CITROËN SECURES ITS SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON WITH OGIER-INGRASSIA
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia produced an incredibly calm and collected performance on Sunday’s final leg to claim their second win from three events in 2019, the C3 WRC retaining its record of finishing on the podium at every round since the start of the season in Monte-Carlo! Citroën Racing