M-Sport Ltd, the firm chosen by the Ford Motor Company to mastermind their assault on the World Rally Championship every year since 1997, has announced that it will have a major presence throughout the Rally Show at Chatsworth on 5th/6th June.
As Fiesta Sport Trophy UK organisers, M-Sport will have a BP Ford Abu Dhabi Ford Focus RS WRC09, the Monte Carlo Rally-winning Fiesta Super 2000 and the Kick Energy Ford Focus WRC02 that Jonny Greer drove to second place on this year's Malcolm Wilson Rally on display. BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally team driver Jari-Matti Latvala will be in attendance to put the pair of Focus WRCs through their paces around the rally stage at the stately home.
The 2010 Kick Energy Fiesta Sport Trophy UK Championship will also be represented with the new Ford Fiesta R2 in attendance. Spectators will have the chance to see some of this year's top FST competitors in action in a non-championship event as representatives from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland battle it out for the FST Nations Cup. The event will take place over six runs on the stage with results taken from the total times. After three stages the bottom two competitors will be knocked out, leaving the top two to battle it out over the remaining three stages.
All the drivers will get the chance to have a passenger ride with Jari-Matti Latvala and the winner of the FST Nations Cup event will personally drive the Kick Energy Focus WRC around the stage at Chatsworth.
The drivers invited to represent each nation are :
England : Damien Smith - Winner Pirelli Challenge Rally
Scotland : John Boyd - Currently Second in FST UK Standings
Wales : Elfyn Evans - FST UK Championship Leader
Ireland : Jonny Cunningham - FSC Championship Leader
The visit to Chatsworth comes at a very important time for M-Sport as Jari-Matti Latvala's victory on the Rally of New Zealand earlier this month was Ford's 75th in the World Rally Championship and places them as the most successful manufacturer in the history of the series.
For further details of the Rally Show at Chatsworth, visit the website: www.therallyshow.org or contact the office Tel: 01189 710424.
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