The Ford Escort WRC was a rally car based on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth and given World Rally Car homologation. M-Sport built it to compete in the World Rally Championship for the Ford World Rally Team, where it replaced the Group A version Ford had used since 1993 and was itself replaced by the Ford Focus WRC in 1999. The World Rally Car rules were announced in 1996, when Ford had no suitable car, because the Escort Cosworth ended production that year and the Focus was still being designed, so Ford adapted the Escort for the 1997 and 1998 seasons. M-Sport won the contract to run the team in late 1996. The car debuted at the 1997 Monte Carlo Rally with Carlos Sainz and Armin Schwarz, and Sainz took second place straight away.
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Ford Escort WRC is a rally car based on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth with World Rally Car homologation.
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The car made its debut at the 1997 Monte Carlo Rally
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With the works team switched to the Focus WRC in 1999, the Escort WRC were run by the privateers until the year 2000.
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Ford Escort WRC is a rally car based on the Ford Escort RS Cosworth with World Rally Car homologation.
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