Sunday, July 4, 2010

Ford already has the most wins in WRC


Latvia won the most interesting race of the season - May 9
Carmaker Ford is already the most successful brand in the history of the World Rally Championship (WRC).
Ford earned his 75th win of the founding of the world championship in 1973 and since then the team has won three titles in the constructors' (1979, 2006 and 2007) and two Drivers (1979 and 1981).
Among the players who have contributed to its success record, showing the names of Roger Clarke, Bjorn Valdegard, Ari Vatanen, Didier Oriol, Tommy Makinen, Carlos Sainz, Colin Makriy, Mark Martin, Marcus Gryonholm and Mikko Hirvonen, this duo Jari-Matti and Latvia. The largest contribution to the team are exactly two Finns and Hirvonen Gryonholm with 12 wins.
Ford is in the WRC since its inception and our participation in it remains a core objective in sporting activities, "said CEO for Europe John Fleming.
"WRC is the hardest race-based mass production cars. A record 75 wins on so many high-level talk about the power, speed and reliability of our cars," he added.
Twenty different manufacturers have gone to a prestigious victory in the championship, said sports director of Ford of Europe Gerard Quinn. - Legendary "Escort", "Sierra" and "Focus", which makes his last 12 seasons and in the WRC, helped for achieving this remarkable record, and we hope that there is much more success. "
Italian manufacturer Lancia remains second in the ranking with 74 wins, achieved between 1974 and 1992 This title won the constructors' Citroen's third position with 63 races won by 57 goals they are six times world champion Sebastian Loeb.
Frenchman in turn holds the record for most wins in the pilots. The first five supplement manufacturers Peugeot and Subaru, respectively 48 and 47 are no longer participate in the WRC.

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