The World Rally Championship is Ford of Europe's primary motor sport activity. The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team has a driving team that mixes experience with a young approach. The experience comes from the pairing of driver Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen, while the young approach is provided by Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila. Additionally the team is joined by the up and coming Khalid Al Qassimi from Abu Dhabi and co-driver Michael Orr. Excitingly, Ford claimed the Manufacturers' Title, becoming FIA WRC World Rally Champions with the BP Ford World Rally Team in both 2006 and 2007.
The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team's major partners in the World Rally Championship are:
BP BP, a fuel and lubricants manufacturer is a strategic global partner of Ford and partners the team via its BP Ultimate and Castrol brands. BP offers a range of advanced performance fuels designed to deliver a combination of enhanced engine performance and reduced exhaust emissions. Castrol is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading automotive lubricant brands.
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, a famous business and luxury travel destination in the Middle East, joined the FIA World Rally Championship in 2007 as a partner to reigning champions Ford.
M-Sport The program is operated on Ford's behalf by long-term partner M-Sport, the home of the Blue Oval's international rally projects. The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team is based at M-Sport's Dovenby Hall premises in north-west England. It is here that the 2007 specification Focus RS WRC - based on the highly successful Focus ST road car - was developed.
World Rally Championship The FIA World Rally Championship comprises 15 events 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.
Follow the link below to visit the official WRC website.
