BP Ford team director, Malcolm Wilson has vowed that the M-Sport-run operation will do everything they can now to try and help Marcus Gronholm take the drivers' title.

Gronholm's bid to secure his third world crown took a serious knock on the inaugural Rally Ireland at the weekend when he went out early on and crashed heavily into a stone wall.

His exit had major ramifications for his title aspirations and with his arch rival Sebastien Loeb coming through to take the victory, the Finn will now go to Wales Rally GB six points adrift and with it all to do.

Wilson has promised though, that with the manufacturers' championship now decided in Ford's favour, all the teams' efforts will be focused on helping Marcus beat Loeb before he bows out and retires from the sport.

"The big thing now is to get behind Marcus and the team is 100 per cent committed to try and help him and give him that World Championship title," said Malcolm.

"It would be really nice because of the way over the two seasons he has helped us win the title. It would be nice if Ford could give him that final title."

Asked about that off on the first leg, Wilson reckoned it was just one of those things.

"Marcus was very unfortunate in that very difficult place where the accident happened," he continued. "It is a very difficult place and he is not making any excuses at all. Being first on the road played a part in that too though.

"He knew he didn't have to win the rally and wasn't pushing, but he got caught out in the conditions. I think we have one very disappointed Finn back in Finland who feels he didn't handle it very well."