M-Sport Ford wanted better than 7th place in Argentina

Team M-Sport Ford ne ramène du Rally of Argentina 2019 as the points of seventh place. Just one Fiesta WRC saw the finish, that of Teemu Suninen, when the sister car ended its event near a huge rock in the 10th special. 

#WRC | This is what #RallyArgentina is all about – @MSportLtd Ford World Rally Team's @TeemuSuninenRac and Marko Salminen powering their EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC to seventh place through the world-famous El Condor stage! #FordPerformance pic.twitter.com/JfsygSlzyI

— Ford Performance (@FordPerformance) April 28th

The Finn had, in addition to the concerns inherent to the lack of experience on this type of terrain, radio connection problems with his co-pilot. “It was only his second participation here, specifies Richard Millener, Team principal. Anticipating changes in weather conditions when rallying is very different from reconnaissance requires a certain degree of experience, and he has learned a lot for the future. »

Interesting statistic, Teemu Suninen helps M-Sport Ford continue record run of 241 consecutive points finishes in the World Rally Championship (WRC). “I am sorry to the team for this result which is not what we wanted”, explains the person concerned. 

As for Elfyn Evans, her rally ended during the 10th special after she rolled against a rock. “I have used the grades for this section for several years and have never had a problem so far, but when I entered the corner, I felt like I was carrying too much speed, analyzes the Welshman.

Here's the massive rock that brought @ElfynEvans'morning to an early end. The lucky Welshman had the ability to gain some positions today, before oversteering into a slide and impacting with the fateful boulder. We now await the return of the car to assess the damage #WRCLive pic.twitter.com/rG0drelkOD

- M-Sport (@MSportLtd) April 27th

I threw myself in, and we had rounded the bend when I couldn't catch the oversteer. I mashed the accelerator but couldn't get the car back on line and we hit the rock. »

Discover the analysis of the Rally Argentina carried out by our special correspondent in issue 2214 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Wednesday on newsstands.