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Ford maintains world championship lead after Mexican double

8/3/2010
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team retained the lead of the FIA World Rally Championship after a double points haul in Rally Mexico yesterday.

Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen finished fourth on the demanding dirt roads in a Focus RS World Rally Car, with team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila 27.6 seconds behind in fifth. The results mean Ford leads the manufacturers' standings by six points after two rounds of the 13-rally series.

High altitude and slippery gravel roads in the hills above the rally base of León, 400km north-west of Mexico City, characterised the event, returning to the championship after a year's absence.

Another Podium finish for Frosty

1/3/2010
Mark Winterbottom has further solidified his quest for a V8 Supercar championship, securing more valuable points with a convincing second placing in his Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon at the Bahrain International Circuit this evening.

Starting on the front row of the grid, the Ford Performance Racing driver pushed TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup to his fourth consecutive victory after leading the race in its early stages.

Winterbottom and Whincup stormed away from the field over the 37 laps, eventually crossing the finishing line some 14 seconds ahead of third place-getter Shane Van Gisbergen.

Ford Fiesta Powers Ken Block to Victory in 100 Acre Wood Rally

1/3/2010
The all-new Ford Fiesta is fun to drive, and Ken Block proved it is also reliably fast as the Monster Energy Drink Fiesta captured the 2010 Rally America 100 Acre Wood Rally by 21-seconds over second place Antoine L'Estage. The win is the first for Fiesta in a North American Stage Rally and the first for Fiesta in Rally American competition. The win for Block was his fifth straight at the 100 Acre Wood Rally.

“I can’t tell you how difficult and challenging this weekend has been, “said Block. “This is the location of my first national rally win, so I have now won this rally five years in a row and it is a pretty good feeling to get the Fiesta home in first. The Fiesta is a big change from the car I was racing before, but I am finally starting to come to grips with how to drive it and how to go as fast as I can. It is very fun to drive and I am really enjoying the Fiesta.”