Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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[2]) 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.

Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Mads Østberg driving his Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the 2016 Rally de Portugal.
CategoryWorld Rally Car
ConstructorFord Europe/M-Sport
PredecessorFord Focus RS WRC
SuccessorFord Fiesta WRC
Technical specifications[1]
ChassisReinforced body with welded, multi-point roll cage
Length3,963 mm (156.0 in)
Width1,820 mm (72 in)
Wheelbase2,480 mm (98 in)
EngineFord EcoBoost engine 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged
Transmission6-speed M-Sport / X-Trac six-speed semi-automatic transmission gearbox with hydraulic shift
Weight1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
TyresMichelin
Pirelli
DMACK
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants M-Sport World Rally Team
Jipocar Czech National Team
DMACK World Rally Team
Ferm Power Tools World Rally Team
Ford World Rally Team
Qatar World Rally Team
Adapta World Rally Team
Notable drivers
Mads Østberg
Martin Prokop
Robert Kubica
Elfyn Evans
Lorenzo Bertelli
Ott Tänak
Eric Camilli
Henning Solberg
Yazeed Al-Rajhi
Thierry Neuville
Juho Hänninen
Mikko Hirvonen
Jari-Matti Latvala
Petter Solberg
Khalid Al Qassimi
Evgeny Novikov
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Ken Block
Federico Villagra
Dennis Kuipers
Debut 2011 Rally Sweden
First win 2011 Rally Sweden
Last win 2012 Wales Rally GB
Wins
6

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.[3]

From 2017, it was replaced by Ford Fiesta WRC. Still some privateers enter this car to rally competitions.

WRC victories (Fiesta RS WRC)
No. Event Season Surface Driver Co-driver
1 2011 Rally Sweden 2011 Snow Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen
2 2011 Rally Australia Gravel Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen
3 2011 Wales Rally GB Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
4 2012 Rally Sweden 2012 Snow Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
5 2012 Rally de Portugal Gravel Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
6 2012 Wales Rally GB Gravel Jari-Matti Latvala 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.[4]

WRC-2 victories (Fiesta RRC)
No. Event Season Driver Co-driver
1 2013 Rally Sweden 2013 Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr
2 2013 Rally México Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy
3 2013 Rally Argentina Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy
4 2013 Rally Australia Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy
5 2014 Rally de Portugal 2014 Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini
6 2014 Rally Argentina Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini
7 2014 Rally Australia Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini
8 2014 Rally Catalunya Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini
9 2015 Rally México 2015 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel
10 2015 Rally Argentina Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke
11 2015 Rally de Portugal Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel
12 2015 Rally Italia Sardegna Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin
13 2015 Rally Australia Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel
14 2015 Tour de Corse Julien Maurin 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.

See also

References
  1. Evans, David (10 February 2011). "WRC Preview: Tech Insight". Autosport. Vol. 203 no. 6. Haymarket Publications. pp. 60–61.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-10-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=376511&FS=WRC
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2013-02-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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