2019 RALLY TEAM PRESENTATION - Campionato Italiano Rally - N.01 - April 2019 - Orange1 Racing
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N.01 - April 2019 2019 RALLY TEAM PRESENTATION Campionato Italiano Rally
Malcolm Wilson Motorsport Limited was founded in 1979
and changed its name to M-Sport in 1996 when the
company was awarded the Ford contract for rallying as well
as competition research and development.
Under Malcolm’s leadership the team enjoyed much success,
including winning the FIA World Rally Championship for
Manufacturers two years running in 2006 and 2007. In 2017,
they secured the Manufacturers’ crown for a third time as
well as their first FIA World Rally Championships for Drivers
and Co-drivers. Growing in size and stature, M-Sport now
operates a flourishing global motorsport business on the
stages and circuits of some of the world’s most acclaimed
motorsport series. Providing the engineering expertise
behind the award-winning range of Ford rally cars as well as
the Bentley Continental GT3, M-Sport has quickly become
an industry leader – delivering winning performances
around the globe. M-Sport’s European base is spearheaded
by Maciej Woda and runs a number of operations including
all of M-Sport’s two-wheel drive activities from their Central
European facility in Krakow, Poland.
The facility is the hub of M-Sport’s Ford Fiesta R2 programme
and the FIA Junior World Rally Championship is based out of
the Polish operation. M-Sport Poland also runs a number of
customer-based Ford Fiesta R5 programs and is responsible
for the company’s FIA European Rally Championship
endeavours – securing back-to-back FIA European Rally
Championships in 2015 and 2016. Continuing to expand,
this year saw M-Sport Poland move to a new state-of-theart
facility close to Krakow’s international airport.
SIMONE CAMPEDELLI - ORANGE1 RACING DRIVER
“When I was a child, I went to see the Sanremo Rallies in which Malcolm Wilson competed and I admired him and
his beautiful Ford cars. Knowing that now I’m going to run with one of his cars it gives me goosebumps! Finally, I
really have everything to compete at the highest level with the right means. I really will need this material, because
this year the fight will be really tough, with a very fierce and determined competition. I am too, and I repeat, now
I know that I have a real team behind me and I have a very high level of material, I can finally dedicate myself
to the thing that I love the most: Driving!”
FORD RACING
Ford and rally a winning combination that in 2018 produced the sixth Tricolor Constructor Title. To repeat
this success and to aim at the Drivers’ Title in the CIR Italian Rally Championship 2019, Ford ranks the
ORANGE1 RACING
Fiesta R5 with Simone Campedelli’s Orange1 colors, paired with Tania Canton. The Ford Fiesta R5 will
have direct support from M-Sport and from July 2019 will be replaced by the New Ford Fiesta R5
derived directly from the WRC +.
ARMANDO DONAZZAN - ORANGE1 PRESIDENT
“After the bitter bites and the disappointment of last year, I decided
that I would do everything to have the best for the 2019 season.
Otherwise I would have given up. I have to say that Malcolm Wilson and
Maciej Woda, immediately understood my desire and mostly, they put
themselves completely at our disposal, with enthusiasm and passion
to give life all together to this amazing project of the highest level. I’m
completely grateful with the M-Sport Family, as I thank Pirelli for having
agreed to bond its prestigious brand and the wealth experience of their
man on our project.”
MALCOLM WILSON - M-SPORT PRESIDENT
“I know that Campedelli is a very fast and talented guy, as Maciej
pointed out to me last year, I think that really worth it to bet on him,
because he really wants to win. Just like us. At the beginning of July,
we will homologate the new Ford Fiesta R5, which is already going
An historic agreement, a partnership that has no precedent in our country, the one between M-Sport and
very fast in the first development tests, and if - as I believe - we will do
it in time, Simone will bring it to the world debut in the “Rally di Roma
Orange1 Racing, thanks to which Simone Campedelli and Tania Canton will take part in the Tricolore
Capitale”. I confirm and I underline that we will give all the support 2019, which is announced as the most qualified of the last years . The winged panthers of Orange1 Racing
and the best material we have to Campedelli and Orange1 Racing, will have the best for this amazing season: a car specially built for them, according to the needs and
because the goal for us as for them, is only one: WIN. Of course, the specifications of the Italian Rally Championship, which will have a direct technical assistance – from
races are unpredictable, but we start from a remarkable position, also the headquarter and during the race weekend - aside of a team with a superlative experience led by
because we know well that this year the tricolore will be very hard, with Maciej Woda, head of M-Sport Poland. Another certainty as a fundamental element to be successful,
all the manufacturers of the R5 present in the championship and with it’s the great opportunity to wear the official Pirelli tires as our technical partner with the direct
so many Italian talented drivers.” support of the Bicocca technicians. A truly pool of excellence is what Armando Donazzan has been
able to bring together around Simone and Tania, and who can also count on the contribution of
Ford Racing and consequently of the Italian branch of the American manufacturer.
Pirelli - 110 YEARS IN COMPETITIONS WORLD - Technical Partner of Orange1 Racing x M-Sport
The Italian Rally Championship, a hard-fought championship for the high level of participants,
has always seen Pirelli among the protagonists, alongside drivers and cars that have triumphed in
different editions. Pirelli is the reigning champion of the last two editions of the Tricolore.
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