Jan 10, 2013 13:18 UTC M-SPORT & CASTROL UNVEIL 2013 FIESTA RS WORLD RALLY CAR The all new Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car livery was revealed today when M-Sport & Castrol unveiled the new Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team’s colours that will adorn the car in the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship. M-Sport director Malcolm Wilson unveiled the livery for the eye-catching Fiesta RS WRC at the Autosport International Racing Car Show in Birmingham, motorsport’s traditional start-of-season showcase event. The team will continue to be sponsored by Castrol EDGE. Branding for Castrol’s global range of best-in-class motor oils will feature prominently in the Fiesta RS WRC’s new livery for the upcoming season, as it did in 2012. The Fiesta RS World Rally Car, with its four wheel-drive transmission and 1.6- litre Ecoboost engine will once again spearhead M-Sport’s challenge in the 2013 championships. The car, based on the best-selling Fiesta road car, claimed 18 top-three finishes in last year’s season and was the only model to secure a podium finish on all 13 rounds of the championship. With impressive pace on all surfaces, the Fiesta also topped the stage win rankings with 103 fastest stage times compared to 97 for the next manufacturer. The new-look design will adorn the competition cars of Mads Østberg, Evgeny Novikov, Thierry Neuville and Juho Hänninen as the team makes its competitive debut at Rallye Monte-Carlo next week. Also running the new livery will be the Fiesta RS WRC of Nasser Al-Attiyah who begins his 2013 campaign at Rally Sweden in February. Donald Smith, Sponsorship Manager, Castrol “Both Castrol and M-Sport have a long standing association with motorsport and have shared great past successes in rallying. The WRC is motorsport’s toughest competition for production-based cars, together we will continue to be able to call upon our vast experiences of developing, testing and optimizing the combination of car and engine oil technologies in order to push boundaries and maximise performances.“ “The strength of Castrol EDGE helps to ensure maximum engine performance, and will help give the M-Sport team the strength to perform throughout the 2013 season.” Malcolm Wilson, Team Director and M-Sport managing director, said: “You can see from the new livery how important Castrol EDGE will be as a technical partner again in 2013. After a strong performance from the car last year we are really excited about where we can be at the end of the season. With this car and the experience and expertise of our employees and partners, I am confident that we can realise the potential of our young squad and challenge for strong results in 2013.” # # # Contacts: Castrol EDGE [email protected] M-Sport [email protected] Contacts Johan Andersson Press Contact Press contact [email protected] +46 70 371 13 64.