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Old 08-05-2000, 10:23 AM   #1
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Post McRae re-signs for two more years with Ford

I was sent this on the RallyL list...

BRENTWOOD, England, 4 August, 2000 - Ford is
delighted to confirm that British rally ace and former
World Champion driver Colin McRae has signed a
new two-year contract with the Ford World Rally
team.

Martin Whitaker, European Director of Ford Racing
commented: "We are delighted that Colin has
renewed his commitment to Ford. Today's
announcement sends a clear message to our
competitors that we are determined to take Ford
back to the top of global motor sport. The
achievements of Colin and the team at M-Sport have given us a great
platform from which to attack the championship in forthcoming years. Our
commitment in terms of technical and human resources is unquestioned. This
news will be welcomed throughout the company and gives us the best
possible driver line-up for the future."

Colin McRae, who celebrates his 32nd birthday tomorrow, has led the
team's development of the Ford Focus, the world's top-selling car, as a
World Rally Car. He currently lies third in the World Rally Championship
for drivers ahead of his Ford team-mate and fellow former world champion
Carlos Sainz. Together with their co-drivers Nicky Grist and Luis Moya,
they have taken Ford to second place in the World Championship for
Manufacturers, after two victories this year in Spain and Greece, with six
rounds of the 2000 championship remaining.

"I am totally committed to my goal of winning the championship again,"
enthused Colin. "I feel that with the current level of confidence throughout
the Ford team we have a real chance of achieving this. Now I have signed a
contract with Ford for two more years the whole team can be settled in the
knowledge that we will be focused on winning. We have already achieved a
huge amount together with the new Focus and I am absolutely convinced
that, with the engineering resources behind us there is much more to come."

The announcement sends a strong message of Ford's determination to
succeed in the FIA World Rally Championship. The series represents
Ford's premier global motor sport activity and company President and
CEO, Jacques Nasser, underlined this commitment to success at the top of
the sport, during a visit to the M-Sport team's new headquarters at
Dovenby Hall in Cumbria last month.

The announcement is further strengthened by a strategic move to include the
World Rally Championship team as part of Ford's global mainstream
Product Development Division, under Richard Parry-Jones, Group Vice
President, Product Development and Quality, Ford Automotive Operations.

Ford's World Rally Championship team, M-Sport, is now based at new
'Formula One' style premises. The impressive, purpose-built facilities serve
the needs of the world championship Ford team and were created by Team
Director Malcolm Wilson.

"With today's confirmation that Colin has signed with us for two more years,
we see the beginning of a whole new era in Ford motor sport history,"
commented Wilson. "The Focus World Rally Car is already an enormous
success in the hands of Colin and Carlos Sainz. If you combine their input
with the world-class team facilities which we now have, the stability we can
provide and the significant benefits we will gain from integration with
Product Development - then I whole heartedly believe Ford Racing will
become the force to be reckoned with in rallying."

McRae, whose new contract begins in 2001, will join team mate Carlos
Sainz in Ford Focus World Rally Cars for the next round of the World
Rally Championship, the Rally Finland, August 17-20.

From Lanark in Scotland, Colin McRae is among Britain's most successful
sportsmen and one of the leading rally drivers of his generation. Under the
watchful eye of his father Jimmy, himself a hugely successful rally driver and
five-times British Champion, Colin developed his skills at an early age and
started his rallying career in 1986. Less than one year later he made his FIA
World Rally Championship debut and achieved his first international victory
at the age of 22. His first World Championship title came in 1995 and Colin
remains focused on repeating that success in the remainder of the 2000
season.
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