Friday 22 June 2012

Ford Trail Citroen in NZ - Day One


Following a bout of bad luck on the opening day of Brother Rally New Zealand, round seven of the FIA World Rally Championship, Ford team director Malcolm Wilson has vowed that the squad will not give up.

Team driver Jari-Matti Latvala had been running third until the Finn went off the road on stage seven and his Ford Fiesta RS WRC became caught in a fence. Latvala was forced to wait until a nearby farmer cut the wire that had become wrapped around his car’s wheel.

“I can’t remember being so disappointed in such a long time. It feels like nothing is working for me at the moment,” said a deflated Latvala at the end of day one.

Ford Team Director Malcolm Wilson, however, refuses to let today’s misfortunes affect the team going into the event’s final two days.

“Today wasn’t the best of days,” admitted Wilson. “Jari-Matti was in the battle for the lead but he lost his chance for victory when he cut a corner and went through a fence. Now we need to try to keep the pressure on over the last two days.”

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