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Ford of
Europe announced that it will withdraw from the FIA World Rally Championship as
a title sponsor after the 2012 season. Ford’s long-term rallying partner,
UK-based M-Sport, plans to continue competing in WRC with the Fiesta. Ford is
in discussions with M-Sport to provide continued vehicle and engineering
support, including for the recently announced Fiesta R5 for the new-for-2013
WRC-2 series, and the Fiesta R2 for grass-roots national and regional driver
programmes.
“Ford has a long and proud history in the WRC and this was not an easy
decision,” said Roelant de Waard, vice president, Marketing, Sales and Service,
Ford of Europe. “At this time, however we determined that it was better for the
company and the Ford brand to reduce our commitment to the WRC and deploy our
resources in other areas.”
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