I was pretty sure to have a lot of material about the first-gen Ford Focus WRC but I've never made a fully dedicated video. So here's a 15 minutes compilation which contains everything I found since the first time I recorded one in 2013 until last year.
Unveiled in 1999 by M-Sport in order to replace the Ford Escort WRC, the Focus was based on the Ford Focus Climate-package 2-litre road car and it was just named Focus WRC (the 'RS' badge was introduced the following year). Despite coming close on several occasions, the car never won either the drivers or manufacturers title.
Even if in this video you see a nice alternation of liveries, you're just looking at 3 cars:
- Chassis 'S6 FMC' (plated S6 FMC): it's an ex-works car built at the end of 1999 and used in just 1 round by Colin McRae. In 2000 it was entered in other 2 WRC rounds and driven again by Colin and Petter Solber. From 2001 onwards it was used by many private teams around Europe.
- Chassis 'EJ02 KMX' (plated EJ02 KMX): This Focus is one of the last first-gen built and it started its rally career in 2003. It was only used by private teams around Europe.
- Chassis 'EK51 HYA' (plated EK51 HYA): It's another ex-works Focus used by Carlos Sainz during the WRC Rallye de España 2002 and then entered in 3 other rounds with Markko Märtin behind the wheel. In 2003 Mikko Hirvonen drove the same chassis during the WRC Rally of Sweden.
The video starts with some scenes I recorded during an event on a closed, arranged stret circuit in Italy. Most of the other shots are taken from different editions of the San Marino's RallyLegend, you can see some action from two rallies on permanent circuits back in 2014 and then a few senes from a local rally I went in 2013. Hope you like it!
0:00 Historic Cars Camaiore 2018
2:44 San Marino RallyLegend (Various Years)
7:50 Castelletto Rally Event 2014
9:07 Franciacorta Rally Circuit 2014
9:27 Rally Ronde Gomitolo di Lana 2013
10:05 San Marino RallyLegend (Various Years)
11:54 Historic Cars Camaiore 2018
13:09 San Marino RallyLegend (Various Years)
14:27 Historic Cars Camaiore 2018
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- Events: Historic Cars Camaiore 2018 / Rally Legend 2013-'14-'15-'16-'18-'19 / Castelletto Rally Event 2014 / Rally Franciacorta Circuit 2014 / Ronde Gomitolo di Lana 2013
- Where: Lido di Camaiore, Italy / San Marino / Castelletto Circuit, Italy / Franciacorta Circuit, Italy / Biella, Italy
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