Ford Fiesta WRC

Ford Fiesta WRC

Ford Focus WRC
Category	World Rally Car
Constructor	M-Sport
Predecessor	Ford Focus RS WRC
Successor	Ford Puma Rally1
Technical specifications [1] [2]
Suspension	MacPherson struts with Reiger adjustable dampers
Length	4,130 mm
Width	1,875 mm
Wheelbase	2,493 mm
Engine	Ford EcoBoost 1,596 cc (97.4 cu in) I4 turbo direct injection
Transmission	Six-speed sequential gearbox developed by M-Sport and Ricardo with hydraulic shift Four-wheel drive Mechanical front and rear differentials with active centre differential
Weight	1,190 kg
Brakes	Gravel: 300mm Brembo ventilated discs with Brembo four- piston monoblock calipers; Asphalt: 370mm/355mm Brembo ventilated discs with Brembo four-piston monoblock calipers
Tyres	Michelin (2017–2018) DMACK (2017)
Clutch	Multi disc clutch developed by M-Sport and AP Racing
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants	M-Sport Ford WRT [3]
Notable drivers	Bryan Bouffier Elfyn Evans [4] Sébastien Ogier [5] Teemu Suninen [6] Ott Tänak [5] Pontus Tidemand [7]
Debut	2017 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	2017 Monte Carlo Rally
Last win	2018 Wales Rally GB
Last event	2021 Rally Monza
Races Wins Podiums Titles 58 9 32 5
Constructors' Championships	1 (2017)
Drivers' Championships	2 (2017, 2018)

Comparison between the Fiesta RS WRC (top) and the Fiesta WRC (bottom) showing the larger front splitter, rear wing and the addition of aerodynamic devices on the Fiesta WRC.

The Ford Fiesta WRC is a World Rally Car built by the M-Sport World Rally Team for use in the World Rally Championship starting in 2017. ^{[8] [note 1]} It is based upon the 2017 Ford Fiesta road car, and replaced the Ford Fiesta RS WRC, which competed between 2011 and 2016. It was built to the fourth generation of World Rally Car regulations that were introduced in 2017.

The Fiesta WRC was successful from its début, winning the 2017 Monte Carlo Rally, first round it entered. ^[9] The car took five wins in its first season, with two for Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, two for Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja, and one for Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt. Ogier and Ingrassia went on to win the World Championships for Drivers and Co-Drivers, their fifth titles. ^[10] M-Sport won the World Championship for Manufacturers, their first title since 2007. ^[10]

World Rally Championship results

Championship titles

Year	Title	Competitor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Points
2017	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Sébastien Ogier	13	2	9	232
	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Julien Ingrassia	13	2	9	232
	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	M-Sport World Rally Team	39	5	19	428
2018	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Sébastien Ogier	13	4	6	219
	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Julien Ingrassia	13	4	6	219

Rally victories

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant
2017	1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team
	2	Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team
	3	Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team
	4	ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team
	5	Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team
2018	6	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
	7	Rally Mexico	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
	8	Tour de Corse	Tarmac	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
	9	Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Driver	Rounds														Points	WCM pos.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2017	M-Sport WRT	Sébastien Ogier	MON 1	SWE 3	MEX 2	FRA 2	ARG 4	POR 1	ITA 5	POL 3	FIN Ret	GER 3	ESP 2	GBR 3	AUS 4		428	1st
		Ott Tänak	MON 3	SWE 2	MEX 4	FRA 11	ARG 3	POR 4	ITA 1	POL Ret	FIN 7	GER 1	ESP 3	GBR 6	AUS 2
		Elfyn Evans	MON 6	SWE 6	MEX 9	FRA 21	ARG 2	POR 6	ITA Ret	POL 8	FIN 2	GER 6	ESP 7	GBR 1	AUS 5
		Mads Østberg	MON	SWE 15	MEX	FRA	ARG 9	POR 8	ITA 7	POL 7	FIN 10	GER 5	ESP	GBR 38	AUS		–	–
		Armin Kremer	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER 9	ESP	GBR	AUS
		Teemu Suninen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 6	FIN 4	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS
		Lorenzo Bertelli	MON	SWE	MEX 16	FRA	ARG Ret	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS
2018	M-Sport Ford WRT	Sébastien Ogier	MON 1	SWE 10	MEX 1	FRA 1	ARG 4	POR Ret	ITA 2	FIN 5	GER 4	TUR 10	GBR 1	ESP 2	AUS 5		324	3rd
		Elfyn Evans	MON 6	SWE 14	MEX Ret	FRA 5	ARG 6	POR 2	ITA 14	FIN 7	GER 25	TUR 12	GBR 20	ESP 3	AUS 6
		Teemu Suninen	MON	SWE 8	MEX 12	FRA	ARG 9	POR 3	ITA 10	FIN 6	GER 5	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 11	AUS Ret
		Bryan Bouffier	MON 8	SWE	MEX	FRA Ret	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS
		Jourdan Serderidis	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER 18	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS 10		–	–
	Henning Solberg	Henning Solberg	MON	SWE 19	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		–	–
	Hoonigan Racing	Ken Block	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP Ret	AUS		–	–
2019	M-Sport Ford WRT	Elfyn Evans	MON Ret	SWE 5	MEX 3	FRA 3	ARG Ret	CHL 4	POR 5	ITA 4	FIN WD	GER	TUR WD	GBR 5	ESP 6	AUS C	218	4th
		Teemu Suninen	MON 11	SWE 23	MEX Ret	FRA 5	ARG 7	CHL 5	POR 4	ITA 2	FIN 8	GER 29	TUR 4	GBR Ret	ESP 7	AUS C
		Pontus Tidemand	MON 20	SWE 8	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR 9	GBR 7	ESP	AUS C
		Gus Greensmith	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR Ret	ITA	FIN Ret	GER 9	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C
		Hayden Paddon	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN WD	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C
		Lorenzo Bertelli	MON	SWE 20	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL 13	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	–	–
	Janne Tuohino	Janne Tuohino	MON	SWE 10	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	–	–
	JanPro	Jouni Virtanen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN 19	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS C	–	–
2020	M-Sport Ford WRT	Teemu Suninen	MON 8	SWE 8	MEX 3	EST 6	TUR Ret	ITA 5	MNZ Ret								129	3rd
		Esapekka Lappi	MON 4	SWE 5	MEX Ret	EST 7	TUR 6	ITA Ret	MNZ 4
		Gus Greensmith	MON 63	SWE	MEX 9	EST 8	TUR 5	ITA 25	MNZ Ret
		Deividas Jocius	MON 17	SWE WD	MEX WD	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ								–	–
	JanPro	Kimmo Kurkela	MON	SWE	MEX	EST 25	TUR	ITA	MNZ								–	–
	OT Racing	Georg Gross	MON	SWE	MEX	EST Ret	TUR	ITA	MNZ								–	–
2021	M-Sport Ford WRT	Gus Greensmith	MON 8	ARC 9	CRO 7	POR 5	ITA 26	KEN 4	EST 32	BEL 47	GRE 5	FIN 6	ESP 6	MNZ 8			199	3rd
		Teemu Suninen	MON Ret	ARC 8	CRO	POR	ITA 31	KEN	EST 6	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ
		Adrien Fourmaux	MON	ARC	CRO 5	POR 6	ITA	KEN 5	EST	BEL Ret	GRE 7	FIN 7	ESP 16	MNZ 55
		Lorenzo Bertelli	MON	ARC 51	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN 11	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ			–	–
	JanPro	Janne Tuohino	MON	ARC Ret	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ			–	–

* Season still in progress.

See also

• World Rally Car
  • Citroën DS3 WRC
  • Citroën C3 WRC
  • Ford Fiesta RS WRC
  • Hyundai i20 WRC
  • Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
  • Mini John Cooper Works WRC
  • Toyota Yaris WRC
  • Volkswagen Polo R WRC
• Ford Fiesta R5

Notes

1. Ford registered as a manufacturer in 2018. M-Sport continued to build and operate the cars under the name "M-Sport Ford World Rally Team". ^[3]

References

1. "Ford Fiesta WRC - About WRC". Archived from the original on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
2. "Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2017". Juwra.com. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
3. "Ford Returns to WRC Entry List". wrc.com . WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
4. "Rallye Montecarlo Entry List" (PDF). acm.mc. Automobile Club Montecarlo. 5 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
5. "Ogier and Tänak lead M-Sport in 2017". m-sport.co.uk. M-Sport World Rally Team. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
6. "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
7. Klien, Jamie (21 December 2018). "Tidemand gets two WRC rounds with M-Sport". motorsport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 21 December 2018.
8. "M-Sport lifts covers off 2017 Fiesta WRC". speedcafe.com. 10 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
9. "World Rally Championship – Results Monte Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 January 2017. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
10. Beer, Matt (29 October 2017). "Rally GB: Ogier seals title as dominant Evans claims first win". autosport.com . Motorsport Network . Retrieved 30 October 2017.

External links

• Technical details at wrc.com Archived 2018-08-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Fiesta WRC 2017 – juwra.com

Awards
Preceded by Volkswagen Polo R WRC	Autosport Awards Rally Car of the Year 2017–2018	Succeeded by Toyota Yaris WRC