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Solberg joins Ford as it commits to WRC
publication date: Dec 17, 2011
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Ford will fight in the
FIA World Rally Championship in 2012 and 2013.
M-Sport, which
has successfully operated Ford's WRC activities since 1997, will run the programme from Dovenby Hall in
north-west England.The Fiesta RS World Rally Car will continue as Ford's WRC flagship in
2012 and 2013. The car, based on the
successful Fiesta road car, claimed a clean sweep of the podium in both the
first and final rounds of its debut season this year. |  |
Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila, who topped
the world rankings for special stage victories in 2011 and won the final round
of the championship in Britain last month, are confirmed as team leaders for
2012.
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They will be partnered by former world champion Petter Solberg and
Chris Patterson, who have signed a one-year agreement to drive the team's
second Fiesta RS WRC in all 13 rounds.
The experienced Solberg won the world title in 2003 and the 37-year-old
Norwegian has 13 world rally wins to his name.
It will be his second stint with Ford, having launched his world rally
career with the team in 1999. |  | | |
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