Ford Targets 6 Of Best At Scandinavian Snowfest

FEB. 03, 2012
Ford World Rally Team’s Nordic drivers will aim to extend the squad’s winning grip at the Swedish Rally next week (Feb. 9-12). The team has won the last five fixtures of the FIA World Rally Championship’s only true winter encounter and both Finland’s Jari-Matti Latvala and Norway’s Petter Solberg have Swedish victories to their names. 
 
Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila claimed their maiden WRC victory at the Karlstad-based rally in 2008 and Solberg, now partnered by Chris Patterson, took the spoils in 2005. The Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car that the two pairings will campaign also has a strong history in Sweden, having mastered the snow and ice to claim a podium clean sweep on its debut last season.
 
This year’s rally spans both Sweden…
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