M-Sport Ford World Rally Team

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World Rally Championship team motorsport team

M-Sport Ford World Rally Team is Ford’s official rally outfit, competing at the top level of the World Rally Championship with cars developed and run by the British motorsport firm M-Sport.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ford World Rally Team	2
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13426132 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
Context triple: [Rally1, usedByManufacturerTeam, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team]

A. Castrol EDGE World Rally Team
Castrol EDGE World Rally Team is a professional rally racing team that competed in international rally championships under sponsorship from Castrol’s high-performance EDGE motor oil brand.
B. Subaru World Rally Team
The Subaru World Rally Team was a highly successful factory rally team that competed in the World Rally Championship, best known for its iconic blue-and-gold Imprezas and multiple drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles in the 1990s and 2000s.
C. Jaguar Racing
Jaguar Racing was a British Formula One team and motorsport outfit that competed in F1 in the early 2000s as the works team of the Jaguar automotive brand.
D. Aston Martin Racing
Aston Martin Racing is the motorsport arm of Aston Martin, responsible for developing and running the brand’s factory and customer racing programs in series such as the FIA World Endurance Championship and GT racing.
E. Volkswagen Motorsport
Volkswagen Motorsport is the factory-backed racing division of the German automaker Volkswagen, responsible for developing and running the brand’s competition cars in series such as rallying and touring car championships.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: M-Sport Ford World Rally Team
Target entity description: M-Sport Ford World Rally Team is Ford’s official rally outfit, competing at the top level of the World Rally Championship with cars developed and run by the British motorsport firm M-Sport.

A. Castrol EDGE World Rally Team
Castrol EDGE World Rally Team is a professional rally racing team that competed in international rally championships under sponsorship from Castrol’s high-performance EDGE motor oil brand.
B. Subaru World Rally Team
The Subaru World Rally Team was a highly successful factory rally team that competed in the World Rally Championship, best known for its iconic blue-and-gold Imprezas and multiple drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles in the 1990s and 2000s.
C. Jaguar Racing
Jaguar Racing was a British Formula One team and motorsport outfit that competed in F1 in the early 2000s as the works team of the Jaguar automotive brand.
D. Aston Martin Racing
Aston Martin Racing is the motorsport arm of Aston Martin, responsible for developing and running the brand’s factory and customer racing programs in series such as the FIA World Endurance Championship and GT racing.
E. Volkswagen Motorsport
Volkswagen Motorsport is the factory-backed racing division of the German automaker Volkswagen, responsible for developing and running the brand’s competition cars in series such as rallying and touring car championships.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World Rally Championship team ⓘ motorsport team ⓘ
affiliation	FIA NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoCompetesIn	European Rally Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ World Rally Championship-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
base	Dovenby Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
chassisDeveloper	M-Sport NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitionClass	World Rally Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engineSupplier	Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerName	Ford World Rally Team NERFINISHED ⓘ
founderOfOperatingCompany	Malcolm Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Cockermouth, Cumbria, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSponsor	Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturerChampionshipTitle	1999 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers NERFINISHED ⓘ 2006 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers NERFINISHED ⓘ 2007 World Rally Championship for Manufacturers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	won both 2017 WRC drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles with Sébastien Ogier ⓘ
notableCoDriver	Jarmo Lehtinen NERFINISHED ⓘ Julien Ingrassia NERFINISHED ⓘ Miikka Anttila NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDriver	Adrien Fourmaux NERFINISHED ⓘ Craig Breen NERFINISHED ⓘ Elfyn Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Gus Greensmith NERFINISHED ⓘ Jari-Matti Latvala NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Grönholm NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikko Hirvonen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ott Tänak NERFINISHED ⓘ Sébastien Ogier NERFINISHED ⓘ Teemu Suninen NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialFactoryTeamOf	Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	M-Sport Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	M-Sport NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryColour	blue ⓘ
principal	Malcolm Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
seasonEntered	World Rally Championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryColour	white ⓘ
sport	rallying ⓘ
usedCarModel	Ford Fiesta R5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Fiesta Rally1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Fiesta Rally2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Fiesta WRC NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Focus WRC NERFINISHED ⓘ Ford Puma Rally1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTyres	Pirelli NERFINISHED ⓘ
vehicleCategory	Rally1 ⓘ Rally2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rally1 → usedByManufacturerTeam → M-Sport Ford World Rally Team ⓘ

Carlos Sainz → team → M-Sport Ford World Rally Team ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ford World Rally Team

Colin McRae → team → M-Sport Ford World Rally Team ⓘ