(bke) This year KÄRCHER is sponsoring the FIA World Rally Championship and the team "BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally" again.
On January 10 Ford presented the new team with the Focus RS WRC at the "Autosport International Show" in Birmingham.
In addition to Mikko Hirvonen the new driver Jari-Matti Latvala will start into the racing season 2008.
2007 was a very successful season for Ford and our commitment again achieving the overall victory in the manufacturers' championship and place 2 and 3 in the drivers' championship for the pilots Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
The first race in 2008 will start on January 24 in Monte Carlo.