After too much speculation regarding Ford’s commitment in WRC, Ford and M-Sport confirmed today that they will be extending their participation in the championship until the year 2013. The decisions comes after too much news in the last couple of weeks and most notably the bankruptcy of North One, the company responsible for WRC’s commercial TV rights. As you see below, Ford has published a photo for their 2013 car without lead sponsor “Abu Dhabi” fuming speculation that the Arab Emirate is interested no more.
The team also confirmed that Petter Solberg will be their 2nd driver and will drive the number 4 car alongside Latvala who will be Ford’s main man in 2012. The fact that Ford will remain in the championship next year will be a boost to a championship that is starting to attract big sponsors and car manufacturers especially lately with MINI and VW.
Solberg tested with Ford today and both parties confirmed their pairing!!!
Good Luck!!!