Much is new for 2008 in the Blue Oval squad with a new team identity, a striking new colour scheme for its Focus RS World Rally Car and an exciting new driver line-up which blends youth and experience.
The newly-named BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team heads into the opening round of the 15-event series with the same-specification Focus RS that lifted the 2007 title.
Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen, who finished third in the drivers' championship last season after winning three events, will be joined by fellow Finns Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, who have been promoted to the official works team after two years in the privately-entered Stobart VK M-Sport line-up.
This is Hirvonen’s fifth Rallye Monte Carlo. BJ
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