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Ford Fiesta RS WRC
World Rally Car
World Rally Car
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Car_name | Ford Fiesta RS WRC |
| Image | Mads Osberg 2 Baiao Rally de portugal 2016.jpg |
| Caption | Mads Østberg driving his Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the 2016 Rally de Portugal. |
| Category | World Rally Car |
| Constructor | Ford Europe/M-Sport |
| Predecessor | Ford Focus RS WRC |
| Successor | Ford Fiesta WRC |
| WRC | yes |
| Team | GBR M-Sport World Rally Team |
| CZE Jipocar Czech National Team | |
| GBR DMACK World Rally Team | |
| NED Ferm Power Tools World Rally Team | |
| GBR Ford World Rally Team | |
| QAT Qatar World Rally Team | |
| NOR Adapta World Rally Team | |
| Drivers | |
| NOR Mads Østberg | |
| CZE Martin Prokop | |
| POL Robert Kubica | |
| WAL Elfyn Evans | |
| ITA Lorenzo Bertelli | |
| EST Ott Tänak | |
| FRA Eric Camilli | |
| NOR Henning Solberg | |
| KSA Yazeed Al-Rajhi | |
| BEL Thierry Neuville | |
| FIN Juho Hänninen | |
| FIN Mikko Hirvonen | |
| FIN Jari-Matti Latvala | |
| NOR Petter Solberg | |
| UAE Khalid Al Qassimi | |
| RUS Evgeny Novikov | |
| QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | |
| USA Ken Block | |
| ARG Federico Villagra | |
| NED Dennis Kuipers | |
| Technical ref | |
| Chassis | Reinforced body with welded, multi-point roll cage |
| Length | 3963 mm |
| Width | 1820 mm |
| Wheelbase | 2480 mm |
| Engine name | Ford EcoBoost engine |
| Capacity | 1.6 L |
| Configuration | 4-cylinder, 16-valve |
| Turbo/NA | turbocharged |
| Gears | 6-speed |
| Type | M-Sport / X-Trac six-speed semi-automatic transmission gearbox with hydraulic shift |
| Weight | 1200 kg |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| Pirelli | |
| DMACK | |
| Debut | SWE 2011 Rally Sweden |
| First_win | SWE 2011 Rally Sweden |
| Last_win | GBR 2012 Wales Rally GB |
| Wins | 6 |
CZE Jipocar Czech National Team GBR DMACK World Rally Team NED Ferm Power Tools World Rally Team GBR Ford World Rally Team QAT Qatar World Rally Team NOR Adapta World Rally Team NOR Mads Østberg CZE Martin Prokop POL Robert Kubica WAL Elfyn Evans ITA Lorenzo Bertelli EST Ott Tänak FRA Eric Camilli NOR Henning Solberg KSA Yazeed Al-Rajhi BEL Thierry Neuville FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jari-Matti Latvala NOR Petter Solberg UAE Khalid Al Qassimi RUS Evgeny Novikov QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah USA Ken Block ARG Federico Villagra NED Dennis Kuipers | Turbo/NA = turbocharged Pirelli DMACK
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) 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.
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)
| No. | Event | Season | Surface | Driver | Co-driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE 2011 Rally Sweden | 2011 | Snow | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | FIN Jarmo Lehtinen |
| 2 | AUS 2011 Rally Australia | Gravel | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | FIN Jarmo Lehtinen | |
| 3 | UK 2011 Wales Rally GB | Gravel | FIN Jari-Matti Latvala | FIN Miikka Anttila | |
| 4 | SWE 2012 Rally Sweden | 2012 | Snow | FIN Jari-Matti Latvala | FIN Miikka Anttila |
| 5 | POR 2012 Rally de Portugal | Gravel | NOR Mads Østberg | SWE Jonas Andersson | |
| 6 | UK 2012 Wales Rally GB | Gravel | FIN Jari-Matti Latvala | FIN Miikka Anttila |
RRC version
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.
WRC-2 victories (Fiesta RRC)
| No. | Event | Season | Driver | Co-driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE 2013 Rally Sweden | 2013 | KSA Yazeed Al Rajhi | GBR Michael Orr |
| 2 | MEX 2013 Rally México | QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | IRL Killian Duffy | |
| 3 | ARG 2013 Rally Argentina | QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | IRL Killian Duffy | |
| 4 | AUS 2013 Rally Australia | QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | IRL Killian Duffy | |
| 5 | PRT 2014 Rally de Portugal | 2014 | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | ITA Giovanni Bernacchini |
| 6 | ARG 2014 Rally Argentina | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | ITA Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 7 | AUS 2014 Rally Australia | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | ITA Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 8 | SPA 2014 Rally Catalunya | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | ITA Giovanni Bernacchini | |
| 9 | MEX 2015 Rally México | 2015 | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | FRA Matthieu Baumel |
| 10 | ARG 2015 Rally Argentina | QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | GBR Marshall Clarke | |
| 11 | POR 2015 Rally de Portugal | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | FRA Matthieu Baumel | |
| 12 | ITA 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna | UKR Yuriy Protasov | UKR Pavlo Cherepin | |
| 13 | AUS 2015 Rally Australia | QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah | FRA Matthieu Baumel | |
| 14 | FRA 2015 Tour de Corse | FRA Julien Maurin | FRA Nicolas Klinger |
Ford Fiesta RS WRC 'Evolution'
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.
References
References
- Evans, David. (10 February 2011). "WRC Preview: Tech Insight". [[Haymarket Group.
- "PARIS SHOW PREVIEW FOR ALL-NEW FORD FIESTA RS WORLD RALLY CAR | Ford Motor Company Newsroom".
- (February 2022)
- "Ford Fiesta RRC".
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