The FIA World Rally Championship comprises 16 rallies across five continents spanning 12 months. Each three-day rally covers up to 1200km, with 350km of flat-out driving on roads ranging from smooth asphalt to snow and ice and rutted boulder-strewn tracks.

The WRC is Ford of Europe's primary motorsport activity. Through the BP-Ford World Rally Team, Ford enters two Focus RS World Rally Cars on all 16 rounds of the series, driven by double world champions Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen and fellow Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen. The programme is operated on Ford's behalf by long-term partner M-Sport, the home of the Blue Oval's international rally projects. Ford supports customers throughout various other motorsport activities. These include the FIA Junior World Rally Championship and the Fiesta Sporting Trophy in rallying and the UK Formula Ford Championship, as well as many other grass roots activities across Europe.

For over a hundred years the dynamism, excitement and competitive challenge that motorsport brings has driven the Ford Motor Company to be at the forefront of the sport.

The BP Ford partnership has been a success and many goals have been achieved behind the scenes at both organisations, as well as in the eyes of the consumer.