When world rallying introduced a new formula for World Rally Cars, Ford seized the opportunity. Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport organization was contracted to do the job, completed the design in less than a year, and spent the next 12 years campaigning this turbocharged, four-wheel-drive car all round the world.Working from state-of-the-art facilities, M-Sport built 97 Focus WRCs, all of which proved to be worthy of World level action when they won 44 World Championship events.Stellar drivers like Colin McRae, Carlos Sainz, Markko Martin, Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen all added to the mystique of an ultra-professional organization, along with substantial support and sponsorship from the likes of Martini, BP, and the state of Abu Dhabi.By building its in-house technical expertise, M-Sport not only engineered and developed the entire car on behalf of Ford, but gradually took over development of the 300bhp, 2.0-litre, turbocharged engine, and led the design of the complex four-wheel-drive transmissions provided by Xtrac.M-Sport's reputation exploded to the point that when regulations changed, the company immediately produced a new-generation Fiesta WRC, and kept the winning days rolling.
See more
Current price
€38.24
Original price
€44.99
Save 15%
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
Dimensions: 207 x 250mm
Publication Date: 15 Sep 2017
Publisher: David & Charles
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781787110205
About Graham Robson
Graham Robson possesses a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian and has been close to the sport of rallying for many years as a competitor team manager organizer reporter commentator and observer; in more than forty years he has never lost touch with the sport. Not only has Graham competed in many British and European events he's also reported on marathons in South America and acted as a traveling controller in the legendary London-Mexico World Cup Rally. As a recognized authority on many aspects of classic cars and motoring of that period he is the most prolific of all authors with more than 130 published books to his credit. Over the years Graham has owned driven described and competed in many of the cars featured in the Rally Giants Series and his insight to their merits is unmatched. Graham Robson lives and works in England.