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Race UpdatesGarrett-Powered Ford Focus RS Wins WRC Manufacturer's Champoinship
In his note to the Honeywell motorsports team, Wilson stated "We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2006. It is the quality of our suppliers that helps us to be reactive enough to capitalise on opportunities as they arise and it is this flexibility and experience that we hope to be able to take forward into 2007/2008." At the beginning of the season, Ford and M-sport believed 2006 would be a development year as they broke in the completely new Ford Focus WRC06. But after signing a top driver named Marcus Gronholm and winning two early races -- Monte Carlo and Sweden -- back-to-back, they realized this could be their year. The team suffered through some growing pains in the middle of the season, but suppliers like Honeywell quickly reacted to their needs and helped the team achieve a dominant victory in Greece in the second half of the season. When all was said and done, 2006 was the team's most successful year to date with eight wins, 12 additional podium positions and the all-important manufacturer's championship title. About the World Rally Championship
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Ford recently announced that their Honeywell turbocharged Ford Focus RS won the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) Manufacturer's Championship award for 2006. Malcolm Wilson, Managing Director of M-Sport, recently sent a note to Honeywell's motorsports engineering team thanking them for their critical support throughout the 2006 racing season. M-sport has run Ford's World Rally Team since November 1996 and has finished in second place for the manufacturer's championship five times before. In fact, this is the first WRC Manufacturer's Championship award Ford has won since 1979.
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