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agosto 07, 2021 - Msport

All set for Asphalt as M-Sport’s Young Quartet Builds up to Belgium

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M-Sport Ford World #rally Team and its quartet of young talents will embark on an all-new asphalt adventure next week (13-15 August) when #belgium and the #ypresrally host the FIA World #rally Championship for the first time.
 
After four rounds on gravel, the multiple event- and title-winning British outfit is gearing up for a Tarmac event with a difference.
 
The #rally is essentially two events rolled into one. The route on Friday and Saturday follows a tried and tested – and demanding – format, while Sunday's itinerary takes crews 300 kilometres east to the Spa-Francorchamps race circuit for four stages in and around the Belgian Grand Prix venue.
 
Before then, however, are 16 stages covering a competitive distance of 255.26 kilometres located within a 30-kilometre radius of the historic market town of #ypres in northwest #belgium. Running over narrow and technical farmland roads, tight junctions and drainage ditches are commonplace, while changeable grip levels – and weather – add to the challenge facing the drivers and their teams. And with drivers taking 'cuts' through corners, mud and gravel can get dragged onto the road to create a slippery surface.
 
Although it's a new event for the #msport Ford World #rally Team and its drivers, it's not completely unchartered territory.
 
M-Sport used the #rally to showcase its Ford Fiesta R5 to the world when it ran as a course car on the 2013 edition of the #ypresrally, then a round of the FIA European #rally Championship. Adrien Fourmaux's Belgian co-driver Renaud Jamoul and Gus Greensmith's co-driver Chris Patterson have taken part on the event in the past, while Fourmaux's family home is 40 kilometres from #ypres.
 
The Croatia #rally in late April was the last world championship round to take place on asphalt and marked Fourmaux's debut in an EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta #wrc with the Frenchman taking a fine fifth overall. He returns to the #msport Ford World #rally Team World #rally Car line-up to partner Greensmith as #teemusuninen reverts to the squad's WRC2 attack alongside #tomkristensson with both relying on the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta Rally2.

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