Craig Breen has never rallied a full WRC season before, but that's not reining in his ambitions. We spoke to the M-Sport Ford driver about his title hopes
“It was the perfect start to the season,” said Craig. “And there’s no reason why we can’t continue that way in the future. M-Sport might not have the big resources of some of the other teams but we make up for that with hard work and 110% effort.
Unlike in previous years, he’s got the chance now to build a season and a car around him, albeit a very different type of car from the previous generation because it now features an additional boost of hybrid power and reduced aerodynamics. “Coming here does feel a bit like coming home,” says Craig. “It’s like a rebirth of my career. I actually started with Ford and M-Sport, winning the Super 2000 world championship and the WRC Academy in a Fiesta, and my dad was Irish champion with Ford. My childhood hero, Frank Meagher – the ultimate underdog – also drove a Ford."I actually own his Sierra Cosworth, which he won the 1992 Circuit of Ireland with. And my first World Rally Car was a.
This doesn’t mean that Craig has given up on historic rallying entirely, though: he recently bought an ex-Patrick Snijers Ford Escort WRC, complete with iconic Bastos livery, which Craig drove on the Rally Legend in Italy last year. He was even given replica Bastos overalls to finish off the period look.
Craig can recite the entire history of that car like a walking Wikipedia. His sheer volume of rally knowledge probably rivals that of Jari-Matti Latvala, the other resident history geek of the WRC service park. Ask Craig if there’s anything else he’s into apart from rallying, and he just grins and shakes his head. There’s no time for anything else – apart from drinking tea, for which he’s also famous. “Rallying is all I’ve ever known,” he says.
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