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Team Ford M-Sport has confirmed that Dani Sordo will replace the injured Jari-Matti Latvala at the Rally Argentina.
Team MINI Prodrive that usually runs Dani Sordo since last season, gave the Spaniard the permission to take Latvala's seat in the Fiesta. The Finn officially broke a collarbone while cross country skiing.
The Ford-Sordo deal seems quite logical, considering that MINI Prodrive did not plan to run the Rally Argentina, and also because Prodrive has lost its MINI factory team status earlier this year.
Sordo will test drive the Ford Fiesta WRC starting today in England, before heading to Argentina next week. His codriver, Carlos del Barrio, who was originally due to codrive former F1 driver Eliseo Salazar in his WRC debut, will finally rejoin Sordo in the second M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC, with Marc Marti (former Dani Sordo's codriver) taking the seat alongside Salazar.
"I am really excited about going to Argentina", Dani Sordo said. "When you are a rally driver all you want to do is to race, so I am really happy that Prodrive has given me the chance to drive the Ford. I was second the last time I competed in Argentina, but as I will be learning a new car, it will be difficult to repeat this," Sordo added.
Team MINI Prodrive that usually runs Dani Sordo since last season, gave the Spaniard the permission to take Latvala's seat in the Fiesta. The Finn officially broke a collarbone while cross country skiing.
The Ford-Sordo deal seems quite logical, considering that MINI Prodrive did not plan to run the Rally Argentina, and also because Prodrive has lost its MINI factory team status earlier this year.
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| Ford Fiesta WRC. (Photo: WRC) |
Sordo will test drive the Ford Fiesta WRC starting today in England, before heading to Argentina next week. His codriver, Carlos del Barrio, who was originally due to codrive former F1 driver Eliseo Salazar in his WRC debut, will finally rejoin Sordo in the second M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC, with Marc Marti (former Dani Sordo's codriver) taking the seat alongside Salazar.
"I am really excited about going to Argentina", Dani Sordo said. "When you are a rally driver all you want to do is to race, so I am really happy that Prodrive has given me the chance to drive the Ford. I was second the last time I competed in Argentina, but as I will be learning a new car, it will be difficult to repeat this," Sordo added.