New Ford Focus RS FIA World Rallycross
Ford has confirmed that Ken Block's
Hoonigan Racing Division team will field two factory-supported 2016 Focus RS
race cars in this year's FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX).
The cars themselves will feature
all-wheel drive, a new 600 HP EcoBoost engine and an amazing 0-96 km/h time of less than 2 seconds.
Aside from its power output, the Focus
RS Rallycross also boasts 900 Nm of peak torque, and comes with an
FIA-spec roll cage, custom body, bespoke underbody protection, 6-speed
sequential gearbox, SLA-type suspension, Brembo 4-pot calipers, 17" WRX
wheels and WRX spec AVON race tires.
According to Ford's motorsports
engineering manager Mark Rushbrook, his team went about creating the Focus RS
Rallycross by "dedicating the same level of cutting-edge tools, technical
resources and engineering know-how from our Le Mans GT and NASCAR
programs."
Rushbrook also said that "Ken
[Block], Andreas Bakkerud and Hoonigan Racing give us insight from the
competition and driver perspective," with Block and Bakkerud being the
ones who will eventually get behind the wheel of the car.
The Focus RS Rallycross is set to debut
at the FIA World Rallycross event in Portugal, April 15-17.
