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1994 BTCC Ford Mondeo
This is a works-entered Ford Mondeo as driven during the 1994 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship by Paul Radisich and four-times British Touring Car Champion Andy Rouse.
The Mondeo made its race debut mid-season at Pembrey in 1993 and proved to be an instant sensation. Three wins for Paul Radisich would place the New Zealander third overall and give the Mondeo 'favourite' status for 1994. The Radisich-Mondeo partnership also won the Touring Car World Cup at Monza.
1994, however, marked the arrival of the all-conquering Alfa Romeo steamroller and a late season surge for BMW saw the Mondeo restricted to only two wins, Radisich again ending the season third for a second successive year. A second World Cup win at Donington was some consolation.
The Mondeo was also the last car driven by four-times BTCC Champion Andy Rouse, ending a 21 year career in the championship. Rouse would end the season 11th overall. There were also one off outings for 1990 BTCC Champion Robb Gravett and new 1995 recruit Kelvin Burt.
It was at this point that Ford went off the boil and between 1995 and 1999, the Mondeo would only win a total of four races. 2000 was a different matter, the Mondeo claiming a total of eleven wins to place drivers Alain Menu, Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell first, second and third, respectively, in the overall standings. With new technical regulations for 2001, Ford decided to bow out of the BTCC.
Pictured in January 2012 at the Autosport International show at the NEC in Birmingham.
1994 BTCC Ford Mondeo
This is a works-entered Ford Mondeo as driven during the 1994 Auto Trader RAC British Touring Car Championship by Paul Radisich and four-times British Touring Car Champion Andy Rouse.
The Mondeo made its race debut mid-season at Pembrey in 1993 and proved to be an instant sensation. Three wins for Paul Radisich would place the New Zealander third overall and give the Mondeo 'favourite' status for 1994. The Radisich-Mondeo partnership also won the Touring Car World Cup at Monza.
1994, however, marked the arrival of the all-conquering Alfa Romeo steamroller and a late season surge for BMW saw the Mondeo restricted to only two wins, Radisich again ending the season third for a second successive year. A second World Cup win at Donington was some consolation.
The Mondeo was also the last car driven by four-times BTCC Champion Andy Rouse, ending a 21 year career in the championship. Rouse would end the season 11th overall. There were also one off outings for 1990 BTCC Champion Robb Gravett and new 1995 recruit Kelvin Burt.
It was at this point that Ford went off the boil and between 1995 and 1999, the Mondeo would only win a total of four races. 2000 was a different matter, the Mondeo claiming a total of eleven wins to place drivers Alain Menu, Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell first, second and third, respectively, in the overall standings. With new technical regulations for 2001, Ford decided to bow out of the BTCC.
Pictured in January 2012 at the Autosport International show at the NEC in Birmingham.