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28-494: 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. In 2012,

56-545: 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

84-399: A full redesign under the bonnet with further developments to the cooling package, transmission, electronics, wiring harness and differentials. Stobart Ford World Rally Team The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team (formerly "M-Sport World Rally Team", "Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team", and "Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team") is the privately run World Rally Championship team of M-Sport ,

112-452: A separate formation – Qatar World Rally Team was also supported by M-Sport, with drivers Al-Attiyah and Thierry Neuville . The team also fielded Ford Fiesta R5 for the 2012 WRC Academy champion Elfyn Evans in the WRC-2 . Neuville finished the season as runner-up, long way behind Sebastien Ogier , whiler the team finished third in the team standings. The Qatar's sponsorship ended after

140-747: The Cyprus Rally and Andreas Mikkelsen at the Wales Rally GB . The team's best results were Latvala's fourth place at the Wales Rally GB and Katajamäki's fifth at the Rally of Turkey and sixth at the Swedish Rally . With 44 points the team placed fifth overall in the manufacturers' world championship, behind OMV Peugeot Norway and ahead of Red Bull Škoda. In the 2007 season , Latvala and Wilson were joined by Henning Solberg and

168-694: The Rally Japan and Latvala in the next rally in Ireland , whilst Wilson finished a season best fourth in Japan. Stobart fought with the Subaru World Rally Team for third place in the manufacturers' championship all year long, but Latvala's technical problems at the season-ending 2007 Wales Rally GB meant that the team had to settle for fourth place and 81 points. The team scored points in every event, and Latvala also led three rallies during

196-490: The 9-time world champion, has tested the car several times and join the team for a part-time drive. M-Sport started the season with Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche winning on Monte-Carlo, along with Breen and Nagle finishing in 3rd. The rest of the season was rather poor, with crews making a lot of mistakes and struggling with reliability issues. As a result, the only other podium was Breen and Nagle's 2nd place in Italy. In

224-537: The Ford Fiesta WRC. Craig Breen and Paul Nagle joined the team in a multi-year deal. Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria , along with Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson were also announced as factory drivers. Former WRC-2 champions Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais contested selected events in a fourth car. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka represented the team in WRC-2. Sébastien Loeb ,

252-487: The Ford and Citroën factory teams. Solberg and Wilson finished sixth and seventh in the drivers' standings respectively. Wilson and Solberg remained with the team again for 2010. For the opening Rally Sweden , Finnish entrepreneur Mattias Therman paid for Stobart to run an additional two cars on the rally for himself and retired former world champion Marcus Grönholm . Gronholm showed great speed but endured many issues during

280-624: 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. In Rally Finland 2014 M-Sport launched

308-454: The end of the 2013 season. Mikko Hirvonen and Elfyn Evans were nominated for points for the team, while a separate entry would be formed for Robert Kubica – RK M-Sport World Rally Team . Both teams have scored points separately from one another. Hirvonen finished his last season in WRC in fourth place with 126 points, exactly the same amount he scored in 2013, while Evans's debut season ended in seventh place. The team again finished third in

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336-459: The firm run by Malcolm Wilson that was previously responsible for the operation of the former Ford World Rally Team . Stobart debuted at the 2006 season opener Monte Carlo Rally with drivers Matthew Wilson and Pieter Tsjoen. Wilson went on to compete all the 16 rounds for the team. Other Stobart entrants during the season were Luís Pérez Companc in eight rallies, Kosti Katajamäki in five, Jari-Matti Latvala in four, Juan Pablo Raies at

364-400: The manufacturers championship, collecting a podium at every round. The team was named "M-Sport Ford World Rally Team" again after 2012, with increased factory support from Ford. Tänak left to Toyota and Suninen received an extended program. Ogier retained the title with four wins and two runner-up finishes, whereas Evans ranked seventh with two podiums. Suninen finished third at Portugal and

392-483: The overall classification, Breen only managed to finish 7th, even behind part-time contesting Sebastien Ogier. Greensmith and Fourmaux classified 10th and 16th, respectively. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka made their Rally1 debut in Finland and finished 9th following fuel pressure issues. M-Sport sold one Puma Rally1 car to Greek privateer Jourdan Serderidis. The team reduced the amount of their cars from 3 to 2, with

420-670: The rally and could only finish in 21st place. During the season several other drivers drove alongside the regular drivers Solberg and Wilson – Per-Gunnar Andersson in Bulgaria , Duval in Germany , Juha Kankkunen in Finland , Ken Block in France and Spain and Liu Chao Dong in Wales . In various races Solberg, Dennis Kuipers and Mads Østberg drove the new Ford Fiesta S2000 . Again

448-432: The season opener, the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally , the team's fastest driver was François Duval , driving a fourth Stobart car, who finished in fourth place. Galli finished third at the Swedish Rally . Duval returned to the team for Rallye Deutschland , and finished third, as the leading Ford driver. On this rally, Galli suffered an injury in a crash that kept him out of action for the rest of the season. Duval replaced him in

476-631: The season; Rally d'Italia Sardegna , Rally Finland and Rally Japan. For the 2008 season , Latvala was promoted to the BP Ford World Rally Team and replaced in the Stobart team by Gigi Galli . Wilson and Solberg continued with the team and along with Galli are signed to compete in all 15 events with the Ford Focus RS WRC 07 . For some events, Solberg's car was entered by the sister Munchi's Ford World Rally Team . At

504-534: The start of the 2009 season by Urmo Aava . However, he left the team after two rounds. Solberg scored third-placed finishes in Argentina and Poland . The team were joined in Poland by Krzysztof Hołowczyc , who finished the rally in sixth place. British privateer and founder of team sponsor Vodka Kick Steve Perez was entered by the team on Rally GB . The team finished third in the manufacturers' standings behind

532-465: The team after contesting the 2016 season with DMACK World Rally Team . Elfyn Evans returned to the premier class after contesting the 2016 season in the WRC-2 category. Ogier won the drivers' championship, claiming two wins and nine podiums. Tänak finished third with two wins and seven podiums. Evans won the Rally GB and finished second at Argentina and Finland, ranking fifth in points. The team won

560-1681: The team after just one year and returned to Hyundai. Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson also left the team and switched to WRC-2. Tanak and Järveoja took M-Sport's first win since 2022 Rallye Monte Carlo on 2023 Rally Sweden . 1973   Alpine-Renault 1974   Lancia 1975   Lancia 1976   Lancia 1977   Fiat 1978   Fiat 1979   Ford 1980   Fiat 1981   Talbot 1982   Audi 1983   Lancia 1984   Audi 1985   Peugeot 1986   Peugeot 1987   Lancia 1988   Lancia 1989   Lancia 1990   Lancia 1991   Lancia 1992   Lancia 1993   Toyota 1994   Toyota 1995   Subaru 1996   Subaru 1997   Subaru 1998   Mitsubishi 1999   Toyota 2000   Peugeot 2001   Peugeot 2002   Peugeot 2003   Citroën 2004   Citroën 2005   Citroën 2006   Ford 2007   Ford 2008   Citroën 2009   Citroën 2010   Citroën 2011   Citroën 2012   Citroën 2013   Volkswagen 2014   Volkswagen 2015   Volkswagen 2016   Volkswagen 2017   M-Sport 2018   Toyota 2019   Hyundai 2020   Hyundai 2021   Toyota 2022   Toyota 2023   Toyota 2024   Toyota 2007 Rally d%27Italia Sardegna Results of Rally d'Italia Sardegna ( 4º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia ), 7th round of 2007 World Rally Championship ,

588-455: The team before Acropolis Rally Greece. As a consequence, Fourmaux would finish the season in the Fiesta. In WRC-2, their line-up would be formed by Teemu Suninen, Adrien Forumaux, Martin Prokop and Tom Kristensson (Winner of 2020 Junior WRC). As the hybrid cars arrived to WRC, Ford will increase their factory support to the team. The new car will be a Ford Puma Hybrid Rally1, in substitution of

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616-467: The team finished third in the manufacturers' standings. Willson and Solberg were retained in 2011 with Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov joining the team. The best finishes were two second places in Sweden and Wales which marked the teams best finishes by then. Like in the previous seasons the team finished third behind the works entries of Ford and Citroën. Stobart's support was withdrawn in 2012 and

644-465: The team on the next rally in New Zealand . The factory Ford team decided to swap their driver Latvala with Duval for the two tarmac rallies of Catalunya and Corsica , in order to help them to secure the manufacturers' crown. The two drivers returned to their teams for the final two rounds, while Stobart also ran Valentino Rossi on Wales Rally GB . Solberg and Wilson were joined at the team for

672-529: The team standings, but this time, ahead of the revived Hyundai team . Elfyn Evans remained in the team, while Ott Tänak returned to M-Sport, replacing Hirvonen. The team scored three podium finishes and dropped back to fourth place behind Hyundai. Tänak went to DMACK WRT and Evans competed in WRC2. Team of Mads Østberg and Eric Camilli ended the season in fourth place again. For 2017 , M-Sport hired Sébastien Ogier as lead driver. Ott Tänak returned to

700-500: The team was rebranded as M-Sport Ford World Rally Team. Novikov remained with the team and was joined by Ott Tänak , while Østberg, Willson and Solberg left. With Ford no longer having works entry , the M-Sport World Rally Team acquired sponsorship from Qatar via Nasser Al-Attiyah . The Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team became the de facto Ford lead team, with returning Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov. Meanwhile,

728-706: The third car entered occasionally. 2022 runners-up Ott Tanak and Martin Järveoja returned to the team, while Pierre-Louis Loubet stepped up to drive the second car, teaming up with Thierry Neuville's former co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul . Greek privateer Jourdan Serderidis entered selected events like Monte-Carlo and Mexico. Last year's factory crew Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria will represent M-Sport's WRC-2 team, joined by former Hyundai juniors Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka, as well as reigning WRC-3 Junior champion Robert Virves with new co-driver Hugo Magalhaes. Craig Breen and new co-driver James Fulton left

756-460: The three competed in all 16 rounds. Latvala and Solberg were nominated to collect manufacturers' championship points. Mikkelsen and Gareth Jones also drove for Stobart, in three and five events, respectively. The team achieved its best points total at the Rally Norway , when Solberg took Stobart's first podium place by finishing third and Latvala finished fifth. Solberg later placed third at

784-511: Was 12th in points. Ogier left to join Citroën, while Suninen and Evans is teamed with Pontus Tidemand . Malcolm Wilson stepped back from the team principal role, which was filled by Rich Millener . M-Sport filled two Ford Fiesta WRC cars for the 2021 season. One of them would be driven by Gus Greensmith with a full-time drive, and the second car would be shared between Teemu Suninen and Adrien Fourmaux. However, Teemu Suninen parted ways with

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