After the very tight profit of one point behind last year, Ford will start next week with title ambitions in the Rally World Cup 2010.

The season will be the last for the Focus RS WRC, which will be replaced next year by around 300 bhp fiesta. The focus is ever with 41 victories and 119 points results in a row, the most successful car in the World Rally Championship. Until tomorrow to complete the Finnish driver Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen pairings and Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila testing in northern Sweden Kall.

Besides the two works teams then start nine more Ford Focus RS WRC for the season opener in Sweden Rally (11.-14.2.2010). It leads over nearly 1800 kilometers and includes 21 special stages.