葡萄牙站后車窗厚度不足(3.5mm-3.1mm=0.4mm).........bp福特拉力車隊從第二..三名退至三四名.......古龍漢(Marcus Grönholm)因此車手排名輸給吸鐵龍的蘿蔔Loeb...........





2007瑞典



比較去年2006年車色..................

2006澳洲


2006西班牙

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M-Sport, the team which runs Ford's FIA World Rally Championship programme, is based at state-of-the art facilities at Dovenby Hall, a listed building in the heart of the English Lake District.

M-Sport has operated Ford's world rally programme since 1997, the company growing in size and stature since it was originally formed in 1979 under the name of Malcolm Wilson Motorsport. M-Sport also operates a thriving customer business for private teams. It assists Ford drivers with programmes in more than 10 countries involving the Focus RS WRC, the Fiesta JWRC and the Fiesta ST rally cars.

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BP-Ford World Rally Team is based at M-Sport's Dovenby Hall premises in north-west England. It is here that the all-new 2006 specification Focus RS WRC, based on the highly successful Focus ST road car, was developed.

This season is the first of a three-year commitment in the WRC for Ford with the new-shape Focus. For 2006 Ford has a driving team of experience and youth. The experience comes with double world champions Marcus Grönholm and Timo Rautiainen while the youth is provided by fellow Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen.

The team's major partner in the WRC is BP, via its BP Ultimate and Castrol brands.

Sponsors WRC is the pinnacle of competitive motorsport and it's at this level that it's clear only the best is acceptable. Ford go racing to win. And with the support, of BP, BP Ultimate Fuel and Castrol lubricants, that's just what they do.

The Ford Focus RS WRC 06 that will contest the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship was conceived, designed, built and developed in a staggeringly short space of time. Less than 12 months after Ford reconfirmed its long-term commitment to world rallying, the Focus RS WRC 06 made its debut and set fastest stage times on Rally Australia, the final round of the 2005 series.





Technical specifications 2006
Ford Focus RS World Rally Car

Engine:
Ford 1998cc Pipo built I4 Duratec WRC engine. Four cylinders, 16 valves.Bore 85mm. Stroke 88mm. Pi electronic engine management system. Garrett turbocharger (with FIA required 34 mm inlet restrictor). Air intercooler. Catalytic converter.

Power:
300 bhp at 6000 rpm

Torque:
550 Nm at 4000 rpm

Transmission:
Permanent four-wheel drive with M-Sport designed active, centre differential.Pi electronic differential control units. M-Sport / Ricardo five speed sequential gearbox with electro-hydraulically controlled shift. M-Sport / Sachs multi disc carbon clutch.

Suspension:
Front and rear: MacPherson struts (front) and Trailing-Arm (rear) with Reiger external reservoir dampers, adjustable in bump and rebound. Fully adjustable fabricated steel links. Front and rear anti-roll bars. Cast steel uprights. Ceramic wheel bearings.

Brakes:
Gravel (front and rear): 300mm Brembo ventilated discs with Brembo four piston monoblock calipers.
Asphalt (front and rear):370mm Brembo ventilated discs with Brembo eight-piston monoblock calipers.
Hydraulic handbrake: Adjustable front / rear bias.

Steering:
PowerPower-assisted high-ratio (12:1) rack and pinion. One and a halfturns lock to lock.

Wheels:
Gravel:7in x 15in (magnesium) wheels with BF Goodrich 650mm tyres.
Asphalt: 8in x 18in (magnesium) wheels with BF Goodrich 650mm tyres.

Bodyshell:
Unitary construction. Unique composite side panels. Welded T45 steel safety roll cage. Aerodynamic rear wing. Unique front ‘bumper’ treatment.

Electronics:
Full Pi chassis and engine data acquisition for on-event diagnostics and performance development.

Fuel tank:
FIA FT3 tank, 94 litre capacity, located centrally.

Dimensions:
Length: 4362mm.
Width: 1800mm.
Wheelbase: 2640mm.
Weight: 1230kg minimum.

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Generations of success

Ford has a glorious history of success in rallying that stretches back almost 70 years with models like the Cortina, the Escort and now the Focus contributing. 1930s V8-engined cars twice won the famous Monte Carlo Rally 1950s Ford made its mark with a stream of wins by six-cylinder Zephyrs 1960s The Zephyr was replaced by the light but versatile and rugged Cortina 1970s The Escort RS1600 took over from the Twin-Cam 1980s From turbocharged RS200 to Ford Sierra 1990s The RS Cosworth and the final Escort World Rally Car make way for the Focus 2000+ The wins continue into the new century

1930s
V8-engined cars twice won the famous Monte Carlo Rally




1950s
Ford made its mark with a stream of wins by six-cylinder Zephyrs

1953		Maurice Gatsonides won the Monte Carlo Rally
1955/1958		Victorious on the East African Safari
1959		Won Britain’s RAC Rally

1960s
The Zephyr was replaced by the light but versatile and rugged Cortina

1964		Won the East African Safari
1966		Success on the Acropolis and RAC Rallies
1968		Roger Clark’s Lotus-engined car narrowly missed out on winning the London-Sydney Marathon
1968		Launch of the Escort and the beginning of Ford’s finest chapter in rallying history, winning the Circuit of Ireland, Tulip, Austrian Alpine, Acropolis and Scottish rallies in an eight-week period and then Finland’s 1000 Lakes Rally to help Ford secure the World Rally Championship for Makes
1969		Ford won the world title again

1970s

The Escort RS1600 took over from the Twin-Cam

1970		Special overhead-valve engined cars dominated the 16,000-mile London to Mexico World Cup Rally, finishing first, with Finn Hannu Mikkola taking victory, as well as third, fifth sixth and eighth.
1972		Mikkola won the East African Safari and Clark entered the history books of British rallying by winning the RAC Rally
1973/1974		Timo Mäkinen won RAC Rally
1975		Timo Mäkinen won RAC Rally in the new-style Mk2 Escort RS1800.
1976		Clark won RAC Rally and with Mikkola and Sweden’s Bjorn Waldegard spearheaded the official Ford team’s international charge over the course of the next few years as the Escort became virtually unbeatable
1977		Waldegard won three punishing world championship rallies: the East African Safari, the Acropolis and RAC events.
1979		Escort swept the board in the championship, winning the manufacturers’ title and the drivers’ crown for Waldegard, who edged out team-mate Mikkola

1980s
From turbocharged RS200 to Ford Sierra

1981		Another Finn, Ari Vatanen, continued Ford’s success with victories in Greece, Brazil and Finland the first, and only, privateer to win the world drivers’ title.
1986		The introduction of the turbocharged RS200, which won 19 international rallies in the season before more rule changes led to the introduction of the Ford Sierra
1988		Frenchman Didier Auriol scored his maiden world victory on the Tour of Corsica

1990s
The RS Cosworth and the final Escort World Rally Car make way for the Focus

1990/1991		The new turbocharged four-wheel Escort, the RS Cosworth won in Spain
1992		The Cosworth won in Britain
1993		Five world championship rounds won by François Delecour, Miki Biasion and Franco Cunico. Delecour finished second in the drivers’ championship and Ford were runners-up in the manufacturers’ series
1995		Victorious in 25 European Championship rounds, as well as national titles in Africa and Austria, Switzerland and Portugal, Finland and Turkey
1996		Final world rally success came in Indonesia in with Carlos Sainz at the wheel
1997		Ford evolved the Escort World Rally Car. Sainz drove it to victory in Greece and Indonesia as the team finished second in the manufacturers’ championship
1998		The end of the season marked the end of the Escort’s career as an official Ford-entered rally car with a remarkable 46 world class wins
1999		Introduction of the Focus as the most technically-advanced rally car ever built, winning only its third event, the demanding Safari Rally, with Colin McRae, who also won the following Rally of Portugal

2000+
The wins continue into the new century

2000		McRae won in Spain and Greece. Sainz victorious in Cyprus. Ford runners-up in the manufacturers' championship
2001/2002		The team was second again as McRae and Sainz get another six world rally wins
2003		Introduction of a radical and revolutionary new Focus RS World Rally Car which took rally car design and technology to new frontiers. The car was a huge success and Markko Märtin claimed victories in Greece and Finland
2004		Markko Märtin won Rally Mexico. A new evolution was unveiled in April 2004 on Rally New Zealand and Märtin took that to victory on the final two asphalt events of the season in Corsica and Spain
2005		50th consecutive points finish in the FIA WRC. Since 1973 and 411 world rallies, no other manufacturer has scored in more than 36 consecutive events.

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