Ford Focus WRC

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The Ford Focus WRC is a high-performance rally version of the Ford Focus that competed successfully in the World Rally Championship as one of the sport’s leading cars in the late 1990s and 2000s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Rally Car
rally car
activePeriod 2000s
late 1990s
assembly Cumbria, England NERFINISHED
basedOn Ford Focus NERFINISHED
bodyStyle 3-door hatchback
5-door hatchback
brakeType ventilated disc brakes
category A8
chassisType steel monocoque
competition World Rally Championship NERFINISHED
constructor M-Sport NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
debutEvent 1999 Monte Carlo Rally NERFINISHED
debutSeason 1999 World Rally Championship season NERFINISHED
drivetrain four-wheel drive
engineAspiration turbocharged
engineConfiguration inline-4
engineDisplacement 2.0 L
firstWRCWin 1999 Safari Rally NERFINISHED
firstWRCWinCoDriver Nicky Grist GENERATED
firstWRCWinDriver Colin McRae GENERATED
fuelType petrol
gearboxSpeeds 6-speed
homologationBase Ford Focus road car
layout front-engine, four-wheel drive
manufacturer Ford Motor Company
notableAchievement helped Ford win the 2006 WRC manufacturers' championship
helped Ford win the 2007 WRC manufacturers' championship
won multiple World Rally Championship events
notableDriver Carlos Sainz NERFINISHED
Colin McRae NERFINISHED
Jari-Matti Latvala NERFINISHED
Marcus Grönholm NERFINISHED
Markko Märtin NERFINISHED
Mikko Hirvonen NERFINISHED
predecessor Ford Escort WRC NERFINISHED
regulation FIA World Rally Car regulations
relatedModel Ford Focus RS NERFINISHED
sport rallying
successor Ford Fiesta RS WRC NERFINISHED
team Ford World Rally Team NERFINISHED
topLevelSeries FIA World Rally Championship NERFINISHED
transmission sequential gearbox
tyreSupplier Michelin NERFINISHED
usedByTeam Abu Dhabi Ford World Rally Team NERFINISHED
BP-Ford World Rally Team NERFINISHED

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World Rally Car notableModel Ford Focus WRC