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Damaged Ford Fiesta RS WRC back in tests

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Recently we reported that due to an unexpected incident happened while the Americans from Ford were testing the new Fiesta RS WRC in Sweden, the new competition model got heavily damaged but the two drivers from Ford were unharmed.

Mikko Hirvonen
Mikko Hirvonen

Initially, the WRC team of Ford planned to introduce the new Fiesta RS WRC at the Arctic Rally which debuts on January 28th but this accident ruined the plans of the Americans, thus, they will reveal the new model within the World Rally Championship.

According to the last statements made by Ford, the competition vehicle is now repaired and the test sessions can continue in Sweden without any problem. Also Jari Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen, the drivers of the new Fiesta RS WRC suffered no major injuries. However, this accident happened few days ago influenced the plans of the Americans of revealing the new Fiesta RS WRC at the Artic Rally.

Andrei Ursu
the authorAndrei Ursu
Andrei is one of the oldest automotive journalists of Automotorblog and has written more than 3000 articles for our publication. He has been passionate about cars since he was a small child, and he joined our team of writers in 2009. In addition to his passion for cars, he is also passionate about music. In his free time, he composes songs and sings them, which also brought him real success in the musical field.

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