BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT team review of Rally Finland, the eighth round in the 2010 World Rally Championship, where Jari-Matti Latvala took gold for the 'Blue Oval' in his Focus RS WRC car. Also includes footage of Mikko Hirvonen's monster crash.
Mikko Hirvonen will finalise his preparations for the World Rally Championship title decider in Great Britain later this month by driving in the Cambrian Rally in north Wales next weekend.
Mikko Hirvonen has defied his early running order to emerge from the opening leg of the Rally Portugal with a comfortable 15 second lead over Dani Sordo having managed to stay error free throughout the day.
Jari-Matti Latvala's place in the BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team is to be 'reviewed' after he suffered his third crash in four World Rally Championship events in Portugal.
Mikko Hirvonen has paid homage to Francois Duval after the Belgian obeyed team orders and eased off in the penultimate stage of the Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada, something that handed the Finn third place.
As drivers with something to prove, Jari-Matti Latvala and Francois Duval's retirement from the Rally New Zealand could probably not have come at a worse time.
The penultimate stage of the Rally New Zealand is turning into a nightmare for Ford after Mikko Hirvonen, Jari-Matti Latvala and Francois Duval all ran into problems.
Two-time world rally champion, Marcus Gronholm will drive a Ford Focus RS WRC car on the Vodafone Rally Portugal, the second round in the 2008 Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
by Rob Wilkins BP Ford number one driver, Marcus Gronholm is feeling bullish ahead of the new season - and he is confident the Ford Focus WRC car will allow him to take the fight to Citroen's Sebastien Loeb.
by Rob Wilkins Marcus Gronholm's co-driver, Timo Rautiainen has said that they are looking forward to the new season and that they are hopeful they will be able to build on their successes from '06.
by Rob Wilkins Ford will use a new Focus in the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship and will also have a completely new driver line-up - in the shape of double world champion, Marcus Gronholm and fellow Finn, Mikko Hirvonen.
by Rob Wilkins Ford team director, Malcolm Wilson has predicted that Citroen and Sebastien Loeb will still be their 'biggest threat' next year - despite the fact the Frenchman will contest the championship in an Xsara WRC run by privateer outfit, Kronos Racing.