The first version of the Focus WRC was built in 1999 to replace the Ford Escort WRC. The Focus made it's debut in the Monte_Carlo_Rally with Colin Mcrae and Jean Joseph behind the wheel of one of the cars. The first WRC win was on the Rally of Portugal. During the season many drivers drove the second Focus of the team: Jean Joseph in some tarmac events, Solberg in dirt and mud events, Radstrom and Liatti (in the Sanremo tarmac roads) In 2000, Ford had Mcrae and Sainz drive the Focus WRC in all events of the season. (...) In 2003, Ford released a newly designed Focus WRC for competion during the second part of the season. This car, somewhat redesigned from the ground up, features a lighter body shell, and a new aerodynamically enhanced front bumper and wing. The Monte Carlo Rally (officially Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo) is an automobile racing event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco and the Monaco Kart Cup. ...
The 2007 FocusWRC is a revised version of the last year's car.
Although the Focus ST model on which the World Rally Car is based uses a 2.5-liter, five-cylinder engine, rallying rules do not permit an engine of that size.
The Focus RS WRC 06's suspension is a further development of the type used on the 2004-specification car, although rule changes forced M-Sport's engineers to make revisions.
The Ford FocusWRC is the company's latest weapon in the World Rally Championship.
The company's previous contender, the Escort RS Cosworth and its subsequent Escort WRC, was pushed to the outer limits of evolution and development for almost five years, a very long time by WRC standards.
The effect of this general body stiffness is that the road going versions of the Focus give the driver the impression that they are under-powered especially so since their road holding abilities are very impressive.
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