Ford Fiesta RS WRC
The Ford Fiesta RS WRC is the World Rally Car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport for use in the World Rally Championship 2011–2016. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car, and replaced the Ford Focus RS WRC, which competed in various versions since 1999. It is also built to the new World Rally Car regulations for 2011, which are based upon the existing Super 2000 regulations, but is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine (1.6 L turbo Ford EcoBoost engine [2] ) rather than the normally aspirated 2-litre engine found in Super 2000 cars. M-Sport and Ford introduced a Super 2000 version of the Ford Fiesta at the beginning of 2010, which forms the base of the WRC car.
Stobart Ford World Rally Team drivers Matthew Wilson and Henning Solberg have carried out much of the development work on the car during 2010, with Per-Gunnar Andersson and M-Sport managing director and Ford team director Malcolm Wilson have also driven the car.[3]
From 2017 onwards, it was replaced by the Ford Fiesta WRC, but some private owners still enter this car to participate in rally competitions.
WRC victories (Fiesta RS WRC)
[edit ]| No. | Event | Season | Surface | Driver | Co-driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden 2011 Rally Sweden | 2011 | Snow | Finland Mikko Hirvonen | Finland Jarmo Lehtinen |
| 2 | Australia 2011 Rally Australia | Gravel | Finland Mikko Hirvonen | Finland Jarmo Lehtinen | |
| 3 | United Kingdom 2011 Wales Rally GB | Gravel | Finland Jari-Matti Latvala | Finland Miikka Anttila | |
| 4 | Sweden 2012 Rally Sweden | 2012 | Snow | Finland Jari-Matti Latvala | Finland Miikka Anttila |
| 5 | Portugal 2012 Rally de Portugal | Gravel | Norway Mads Østberg | Sweden Jonas Andersson | |
| 6 | United Kingdom 2012 Wales Rally GB | Gravel | Finland Jari-Matti Latvala | Finland Miikka Anttila |
RRC version
[edit ]In 2012, the RRC version of the Fiesta was launched to comply with the regional rally rules of the FIA; it is basically a Fiesta RS WRC, only with an S2000-specification rear wing, a slightly different front bumper, a lighter flywheel and a 30mm restrictor instead of a 33mm one found in the WRC variant. The Fiesta's with RRC specification can be converted to WRC specification in 6 hours.[4]
WRC-2 victories (Fiesta RRC)
[edit ]| No. | Event | Season | Driver | Co-driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden 2013 Rally Sweden | 2013 | Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al Rajhi | United Kingdom Michael Orr |
| 2 | Mexico 2013 Rally México | Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Republic of Ireland Killian Duffy | |
| 3 | Argentina 2013 Rally Argentina | Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Republic of Ireland Killian Duffy | |
| 4 | Australia 2013 Rally Australia | Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Republic of Ireland Killian Duffy | |
| 5 | Portugal 2014 Rally de Portugal | 2014 | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | Italy Giovanni Bernacchini |
| 6 | Argentina 2014 Rally Argentina | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | Italy Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 7 | Australia 2014 Rally Australia | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | Italy Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 8 | Spain 2014 Rally Catalunya | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | Italy Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 9 | Mexico 2015 Rally México | 2015 | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | France Matthieu Baumel |
| 10 | Argentina 2015 Rally Argentina | Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | United Kingdom Marshall Clarke | |
| 11 | Portugal 2015 Rally de Portugal | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | France Matthieu Baumel | |
| 12 | Italy 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna | Ukraine Yuriy Protasov | Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin | |
| 13 | Australia 2015 Rally Australia | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | France Matthieu Baumel | |
| 14 | France 2015 Tour de Corse | France Julien Maurin | France Nicolas Klinger |
Ford Fiesta RS WRC 'Evolution'
[edit ]In Rally Finland 2014 M-Sport launched a facelifted version of the Fiesta RS WRC. Despite the change on the front of the car, it's still the same under the bonnet. M-Sport later revealed the 'Evolution' version would come in 2015.
Before Rally Portugal 2015, M-Sport launched the 'Evolution' specification of the Fiesta RS WRC. Unlike the first version's engine which was built by Pipo Motors, the new Fiesta RS WRC's engine is completely built by M-Sport, with technical support from Ford. The car has also undergone a full redesign under the bonnet with further developments to the cooling package, transmission, electronics, wiring harness and differentials.
See also
[edit ]- Citroën DS3 WRC
- Citroën C3 WRC
- Hyundai i20 WRC
- Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
- Mini John Cooper Works WRC
- Toyota Yaris WRC
- Volkswagen Polo R WRC
References
[edit ]- ^ Evans, David (10 February 2011). "WRC Preview: Tech Insight". Autosport . Vol. 203, no. 6. Haymarket Publications. pp. 60–61.
- ^ "PARIS SHOW PREVIEW FOR ALL-NEW FORD FIESTA RS WORLD RALLY CAR | Ford Motor Company Newsroom". Archived from the original on 2010年10月06日. Retrieved 2010年10月06日.
- ^ http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=376511&FS=WRC [dead link ]
- ^ "Ford Fiesta RRC". Archived from the original on 2012年11月14日. Retrieved 2013年02月03日.
External links
[edit ]
- Ford Motor Company
- M-Sport
- The History of the car from ItalianWRC.com website
- Ford Racing
- Ford Fiesta RS WRC – juwra.com