M-Sport World Rally Team

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M-Sport
Full name M-Sport World Rally Team
Base England Cumbria, England
Team principal(s) Malcolm Wilson
Drivers Norway Mads Østberg
France Eric Camilli
Co-drivers Norway Ola Fløene
France Benjamin Veillas
Chassis Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Tyres Michelin
World Rally Championship career
Debut 2006
Constructors' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Rally wins 0

The M-Sport World Rally Team, formerly Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team and Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team, is the privately run World Rally Championship team of M-Sport, the firm run by Malcolm Wilson that was previously responsible for the operation of the former Ford World Rally Team.

History

2006 season

Wilson at the 2006 Cyprus Rally. Note that the car is named Elaine Joanne, following sponsor Stobart Group's tradition of giving its lorries female names.

Stobart debuted at the 2006 season opener Monte Carlo Rally with drivers Matthew Wilson and Pieter Tsjoen. Wilson went on to compete all the 16 rounds for the team. Other Stobart entrants during the season were Luís Pérez Companc in eight rallies, Kosti Katajamäki in five, Jari-Matti Latvala in four, Juan Pablo Raies at the Cyprus Rally and Andreas Mikkelsen at the Wales Rally GB.

The team's best results were Latvala's fourth place at the Wales Rally GB and Katajamäki's fifth at the Rally of Turkey and sixth at the Swedish Rally. With 44 points the team placed fifth overall in the manufacturers' world championship, behind OMV Peugeot Norway and ahead of Red Bull Škoda.

2007 season

Latvala at the 2007 Rally GB.

In the 2007 season, Latvala and Wilson were joined by Henning Solberg and the three competed in all 16 rounds. Latvala and Solberg were nominated to collect manufacturers' championship points. Mikkelsen and Gareth Jones also drove for Stobart, in three and five events, respectively.

The team achieved its best points total at the Rally Norway, when Solberg took Stobart's first podium place by finishing third and Latvala finished fifth. Solberg later placed third at the Rally Japan and Latvala in the next rally in Ireland. Stobart fought with the Subaru World Rally Team for third place in the manufacturers' championship all year long, but Latvala's technical problems at the season-ending 2007 Wales Rally GB meant that the team had to settle with fourth place and 81 points. The team scored points in every event, and Latvala also led three rallies during the season; Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Rally Finland and Rally Japan.[1]

2008 season

For the 2008 season, Latvala was promoted to the BP Ford World Rally Team and replaced in the Stobart team by Gigi Galli.[2] Wilson and Solberg continued with the team and along with Galli are signed to compete in all 15 events with the Ford Focus RS WRC 07. For some events, Solberg's car was entered by the sister Munchi's Ford World Rally Team. At the season opener, the 2008 Monte Carlo Rally, the team's fastest driver was François Duval, driving a fourth Stobart car, who finished in fourth place.[3] Galli finished third at the Swedish Rally. Duval returned to the team for Rallye Deutschland, and finished third, as the leading Ford driver. On this rally, Galli suffered an injury in a crash that kept him out of action for the rest of the season. Duval replaced him in the team on the next rally in New Zealand. The factory Ford team decided to swap their driver Latvala with Duval for the two tarmac rallies of Catalunya and Corsica, in order to help them to secure the manufacturers' crown. The two drivers returned to their teams for the final two rounds, while Stobart also ran Valentino Rossi on Wales Rally GB.

2009 season

Solberg and Wilson were joined at the team for the start of the 2009 season by Urmo Aava. However, he left the team after two rounds. Solberg scored third-placed finishes in Argentina and Poland. The team were joined in Poland by Krzysztof Hołowczyc, who finished the rally in sixth place. British privateer and founder of team sponsor Vodka Kick Steve Perez was entered by the team on Rally GB. The team finished third in the manufacturers' standings behind the Ford and Citroën factory teams. Solberg and Wilson finished sixth and seventh in the drivers' standings respectively.

2010 season

Wilson and Solberg remained with the team again for 2010. For the opening Rally Sweden, Finnish entrepreneur Mattias Therman paid for Stobart to run an additional two cars on the rally for himself and retired former world champion Marcus Grönholm. Gronholm endured many issues during the rally and could only finish in 21st place. During the season for team drove several other drivers alongside the regular drvers Solberg and Wilson – Per-Gunnar Andersson in Bulgaria, Duval in Germany, Juha Kankkunen in Finland, Ken Block in France and Spain and Liu Chao Dong in Wales. In various races Solberg, Dennis Kuipers and Mads Østberg drove the new Ford Fiesta S2000. Again the team finished third in the manufacturers' standings.

2011 season

Willson and Solberg were retained in 2011 with Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov joining the team. The best finishes were two second places in Sweden and Wales. Like in the previous seasons the team finished 3rd behind the works entries of Ford and Citroën.

2012 season

File:ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013 - Fahrerpräsentation auf dem Roncalliplatz-4679.jpg
Mads Østberg at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.

Stobart's support was withdrawn in 2012 and the team was rebranded as M-Sport Ford World Rally Team. Novikov remained with the team and was joined by Ott Tänak, while Østberg, Willson and Solberg left.

2013 season

With Ford no longer having works entry the M-Sport World Rally Team acquired sponsorship from Qatar via Nasser Al-Attiyah. The Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team became the de facto lead team, with returning Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov. Meanwhile, a separate formation – Qatar World Rally Team was also supported by M-Sport, with drivers Al-Attiyah and Thierry Neuville. The team also fielded Ford Fiesta R5 for the 2012 WRC Academy champion Elfyn Evans in the WRC-2. Neuville finished the season as runner-up, long way behind Sebastien Ogier, whiler the team finished 3rd in the team standings.

2014 season

The Qatar's sponsorship ended after the end of the 2013 season. Mikko Hirvonen and Elfyn Evans were nominated for points for the team, while a separate entry would be formed for Robert Kubica – RK M-Sport World Rally Team. Both teams have scored points separately from one another. Hirvonen finished his last season in WRC in 4th place with 126 points, exactly the same amount he scored in 2013, while Evans's debut season ended in 7th place. The team again finished 3rd in the team standings, this time beat revived Hyundai WRT.

2015 season

Elfyn Evans remained in the team, while Ott Tanak returned to M-Sport, replacing Hirvonen.

WRC results

Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points TC Points
2006 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 04 9 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MON
15		 SWE
14		 MEX
16		 ESP
15		 FRA
16		 ARG
8		 ITA
34		 GRE
10		 GER
12		 FIN
10		 CYP
10		 TUR
12		 28th 1 5th 44
Ford Focus RS WRC 06 JPN
40		 AUS
27		 NZL
13		 GBR
12
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 10 Belgium Pieter Tsjoen MON
14		 – 0
Finland Kosti Katajamäki SWE
6		 ITA
Ret		 GRE
26		 FIN
14		 TUR
5		 GBR 14th 7
Argentina Luís Pérez Companc MEX
12		 ARG
9		 CYP
14		 26th 2
Ford Focus RS WRC 06 JPN
11		 AUS
22		 NZL
7
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala ESP
16		 FRA
Ret		 GER
34		 13th 9
Ford Focus RS WRC 06 GBR
4
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 17 Argentina Juan Pablo Raies MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE DEU FIN JPN CYP
Ret		 TUR AUS NZL GBR – 0 – –
19 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE DEU FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR
Ret		 – 0 – –
23 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc MON SWE
23		 ESP FRA ITA
12		 GRE DEU FIN TUR GBR 27th 2 – –
2007 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 06 9 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala MON
Ret		 SWE
Ret		 NOR
5		 MEX
7		 POR
8		 ARG
4		 ITA
9		 GRE
12		 FIN
Ret		 GER
8		 NZL
5		 ESP
7		 FRA
4		 JPN
25		 IRE
3		 GBR
10		 8th 30 4th 81
10 Norway Henning Solberg MON
14		 SWE
4		 NOR
3		 MEX
9		 POR
11		 ARG
5		 ITA
4		 GRE
5		 FIN
5		 GER
13		 NZL
9		 ESP
10		 FRA
9		 JPN
3		 IRE
16		 GBR
15		 6th 34
16 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MON
12		 SWE
Ret		 NOR
26		 MEX
8		 POR
12		 ARG
30		 ITA
12		 GRE
10		 FIN
10		 GER
9		 NZL
10		 ESP
11		 FRA
Ret		 JPN
4		 IRE
7		 GBR
6		 11th 11
18 Italy Alessandro Bettega MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA
11		 JPN IRE GBR – 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 22 United Kingdom Gareth Jones MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN
Ret		 GER NZL – 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 05 ESP
Ret		 FRA JPN IRE
Ret		 GBR
Ret
27 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen MON SWE NOR
10		 MEX – 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 POR
10		 ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR
29 Republic of Ireland Ray Breen MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE
Ret		 GBR – 0
Subaru Impreza WRC 06 23 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE
31		 GBR – 0
2008 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07 7 Italy Gianluigi Galli MON
6		 SWE
3		 MEX
Ret		 ARG
7		 JOR
8		 ITA
4		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 GER
Ret		 9th 17 4th 67
Belgium François Duval NZL
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 GBR
6		 7th 25
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson ESP
9		 FRA
8		 10th 15
8 Belgium François Duval MON
4		 GER
3		 7th 25
Norway Henning Solberg SWE
13		 ARG
Ret		 JOR
4		 GRE
8		 TUR
5		 FIN
5		 8th 22
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MEX
6		 ITA
12		 NZL
17		 JPN
7		 GBR
9		 10th 15
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala ESP
6		 FRA
4		 4th 58
14 Norway Henning Solberg MON
9		 MEX ITA GER
7		 NZL ESP FRA
15		 JPN GBR
Ret		 8th 22
16 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MON
10		 SWE ARG
Ret		 JOR
5		 GRE
6		 TUR
7		 FIN
9		 GER
12		 10th 15
20 United Kingdom Barry Clark MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA
10		 JPN GBR
10		 – 0
46 Italy Valentino Rossi MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
12		 – 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 04 23 United Kingdom Steve Perez MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
19		 – 0
Ford Focus RS WRC 05 24 United Kingdom Dave Weston, Jr MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
33		 – 0
2009 Stobart VK Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 5 Estonia Urmo Aava IRE
10		 NOR
8		 19th 1 3rd 80
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson CYP
5		 POR
Ret		 ARG
5		 ITA
6		 GRE
13		 POL
5		 FIN
8		 AUS
6		 ESP
7		 GBR
6		 7th 28
6 Norway Henning Solberg IRE
4		 NOR
4		 CYP
18		 POR
5		 ARG
3		 ITA
8		 GRE
14		 POL
3		 FIN
30		 AUS
7		 ESP
9		 GBR
5		 6th 33
15 Poland Krzysztof Holowczyc IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL
6		 FIN AUS ESP GBR 16th 3
16 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson IRE
7		 NOR
7		 7th 28
Ford Focus RS WRC 07 17 United Kingdom Steve Perez IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
11		 – 0
2010 Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm SWE
21		 – 0 4th 176
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MEX
16		 JOR
5		 TUR
7		 NZL
6		 POR
6		 BUL
9		 FIN
6		 GER
6		 JPN
22		 FRA
8		 ESP
6		 GBR
7		 7th 74
6 Norway Henning Solberg SWE
6		 MEX
6		 JOR
9		 TUR
25		 NZL
7		 POR
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 JPN
7		 GBR
6		 8th 45
Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson BUL
7		 13th 8
Belgium François Duval GER
Ret		 – 0
12 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson SWE
7		 7th 74
Finland Juha Kankkunen MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN
8		 GER JPN FRA ESP GBR 16th 4
15 China Liu Chao Dong SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN DEU JPN FRA ESP GBR
Ret		 – 0
17 Finland Mattias Therman SWE
24		 MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN
14		 DEU JPN FRA ESP GBR – 0
43 United States Ken Block SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN DEU JPN FRA
12		 ESP
9		 GBR 19th 2
Ford Fiesta S2000 12 Norway Henning Solberg BUL
10		 FRA
9		 ESP
8		 8th 45
18 Norway Mads Østberg SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN DEU
16		 JPN FRA
41		 ESP GBR 11th 18
61 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers SWE MEX JOR TUR
9		 NZL POR
19		 BUL
13		 FIN
Ret		 GER
24		 JPN FRA
17		 ESP
11		 GBR
16		 19th 2
2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 Norway Henning Solberg SWE
Ret		 MEX
6		 POR
9		 JOR
14		 9th 59 3rd 178
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson ITA
9		 ARG
8		 GRE
6		 FIN
8		 GER
11		 AUS
4		 FRA
10		 ESP
Ret		 GBR
5		 7th 63
6 Norway Mads Østberg SWE
2		 MEX
5		 POR
31		 JOR
13		 ITA
5		 ARG
5		 GRE
12		 FIN
6		 GER
Ret		 FRA
7		 ESP
6		 GBR
2		 6th 88
Russia Evgeny Novikov AUS
Ret		 17th 12
15 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson SWE
9		 MEX
Ret		 POR
5		 JOR
5		 7th 63
Norway Henning Solberg ITA
Ret		 ARG
DNS		 GRE
5		 FIN
7		 GER
7		 AUS
14		 FRA
6		 ESP
8		 GBR
3		 9th 59
16 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE MEX POR JOR ITA
15		 ARG GRE FIN ¨ 20th 6
Germany Aaron Burkart GER
23		 AUS FRA ESP GBR ¨ – 0
18 Estonia Ott Tänak SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
6		 ¨ 15th 15
54 Russia Evgeny Novikov SWE MEX
Ret		 POR JOR ITA
14		 ARG GRE
20		 FIN
Ret		 GER FRA
24		 ESP GBR 17th 12
2012 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 Estonia Ott Tänak MON
8		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
5		 POR
14		 ARG
10		 GRE
9		 NZL
Ret		 FIN
6		 GER
Ret		 GBR
Ret		 FRA
6		 ITA
3		 ESP
Ret		 8th 52 3rd 170
6 Russia Evgeny Novikov MON
5		 SWE
5		 MEX
Ret		 POR
2		 ARG
8		 GRE
Ret		 NZL
4		 FIN
36		 GER
Ret		 GBR
6		 FRA
7		 ITA
2		 6th 88
Trinidad and Tobago John Powell ESP
Ret		 – 0
8 France François Delecour MON
6		 18th 8
Poland Michał Sołowow SWE
20		 MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP – 0
15 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR
6		 FRA ITA ESP 24th 4
16 South Africa Jan Habig MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR
28		 FRA ITA ESP – 0
18 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers MON SWE MEX POR
6		 ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP 17th 8
2013 Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4 Norway Mads Østberg MON
6		 SWE
3		 MEX
11		 POR
8		 ARG
7		 GRE
6		 ITA
8		 FIN
3		 GER
9		 AUS
5		 FRA
8		 ESP
6		 GBR
4		 6th 102 3rd 190
5 Russia Evgeny Novikov MON
Ret		 SWE
9		 MEX
10		 POR
4		 ARG
4		 GRE
9		 ITA
Ret		 FIN
6		 GER
10		 AUS
7		 FRA
5		 ESP
5		 GBR
19		 7th 69
22 New Zealand Hayden Paddon ESP
8		 18th 8 – –
Poland Michał Sołowow GBR
14		 – 0
2014 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 Finland Mikko Hirvonen MON
Ret		 SWE
4		 MEX
8		 POR
2		 ARG
9		 ITA
Ret		 POL
4		 FIN
5		 GER
5		 AUS
5		 FRA
5		 ESP
3		 GBR
2		 4th 126 3rd 208
6 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans MON
6		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
4		 POR
22		 ARG
7		 ITA
5		 POL
35		 FIN
7		 GER
4		 AUS
8		 FRA
6		 ESP
14		 GBR
5		 8th 81
11 France Bryan Bouffier MON
2		 6th 18 – –
Estonia Ott Tänak SWE
5		 POR
Ret		 ARG ITA 14th 10
Mexico Benito Guerra MEX
6		 12th 8
Poland Michał Sołowow POL
Ret		 – 0
Netherlands Dennis Kuipers FIN GER
8		 AUS FRA
11		 ESP GBR 20th 4
12 Ukraine Yuriy Protasov MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER
9		 AUS – 0
14 Poland Michał Sołowow MON SWE
17		 MEX POR ARG ITA FIN
Ret		 GER AUS – 0
Ukraine Yuriy Protasov POL FRA
16		 ESP
11		 GBR – 0
15 United States Ken Block MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP
12		 GBR – 0
RK M-Sport World Rally Team 10 Poland Robert Kubica MON
Ret		 SWE
24		 MEX
Ret		 POR
Ret		 ARG
6		 ITA
8		 POL
20		 FIN
34		 GER
Ret		 AUS
9		 FRA
Ret		 ESP
17		 GBR
11		 16th 14 8th 26
2015 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans MON
7		 SWE
6		 MEX
4		 ARG
3		 POR
69		 ITA
4		 POL
50		 FIN
12		 GER
9		 AUS
6		 FRA
2		 ESP
34		 GBR
6		 7th 89 4th 181
6 Estonia Ott Tänak MON
18		 SWE
4		 MEX
22		 ARG
10		 POR
5		 ITA
14		 POL
3		 FIN
5		 GER
8		 AUS
6		 FRA
10		 ESP
41		 GBR
Ret		 10th 63
15 France Bryan Bouffier MON
Ret		 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA
8		 ESP GBR 23rd 4 - 0
17 Ukraine Yuriy Protasov MON SWE
9		 MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 15th 8
2016 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 Norway Mads Østberg MON
4		 SWE
3		 MEX
3		 ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS 2nd 27 3rd 46
6 France Eric Camilli MON
Ret		 SWE
Ret		 MEX
16		 ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS - 0
17 France Bryan Bouffier MON
Ret		 SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS - 0 - 0

Gallery

  • Stobart VK M-Sport Ford.jpg

    Stobart cars at 2006 Cyprus Rally

  • Henning Solberg in 2007

  • Henning Solberg-2007 Wales Rally GB 001.jpg

    Henning Solberg in 2007

  • Rally Finland 2010 - EK 1 - Henning Solberg.jpg

    Henning Solberg at 2010 Rally Finland

  • Henning Solberg with Ford Fiesta S2000 at 2010 Rally Bulgaria

  • Jari-Matti Latvala-2007 Wales Rally GB 003.jpg

    Jari-Matti Latvala at the 2007 Rally GB

  • Matthew Wilson

  • Rally Finland 2010 - EK 1 - Matthew Wilson 2.jpg

    Matthew Wilson in 2010

  • Acr2011 586.jpg

    Mads Østberg at 2011 Acropolis Rally

  • Tänak Surkee 2012.JPG

    Ott Tänak at 2nd Surkee stage at 2012 Rally Finland

  • 2012 10 05 Rallye France, ES2, Evgeny Novikov.jpg

    Evgeny Novikov in 2012

  • Mads Ostberg 2013 Portugal.jpg

    Mads Østberg at the 2013 Rally de Portugal

  • 2014 rally sweden by 2eight dsc7671.jpg

    Elfyn Evans at the 2014 Rally Sweden

  • Rajd Polski 2015 Ott Tänak.jpg

    Ott Tänak at the 2015 Rally Poland

See also

References

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External links

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