Castrol Ford Team Turkey will represent Turkey once again in the World Rally Championship (WRC) in the 2023 season. In WRC, Ali Türkkan and his co-pilot Burak Erdener will compete for the summit. Castrol Ford Team Turkey, which achieved the greatest success in Turkish automobile sports by winning the European Rally Teams Championship in 2017, continues its struggle in the international arena from where it left off.
Castrol Ford Team Turkey will once again represent Turkey in the World Rally Championship (WRC) this year.
Bringing Turkey the European Rally Cup 'Youth' and 'Two Wheel Drive' championships in 2021, Ali Türkkan and experienced co-pilot Burak Erdener, with their powerful Fiesta Rally3 vehicles with completely renewed exterior designs this year, are the rooted sponsors of Castrol Ford Team Turkey and It will represent Turkey in the WRC3 category in the World Rally Championship with the support of the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED). The duo will compete in Italy, Estonia, Finland and Greece as part of the World Rally Championship.
Castrol Ford Team Turkey's champion pilot Murat Bostancı will support the duo as their pilot's coach and coordinator. Bostancı will pass on his experience and knowledge gained over many years both in Turkey and in Europe to the team.
The main supporter of Castrol Ford Team Turkey, Ford Turkey Business Unit Leader Özgür Yücetürk used the following statements in his statement:
“Our team, which has been successful at home, has completed its preparations to participate in the World Rally Championship again. We are very proud to take this important step. We owe a debt of gratitude to all our stakeholders who have been with us throughout this process. Same zamAt the same time, we wish success to all teams participating in this championship. We have great confidence in Castrol Ford Team Turkey, which achieved such a great success as the Teams Champion in the European Rally Cup in 2017. With its experience, technical competence and sportsmanship spirit, I am confident that our team will give an outstanding performance and put its name on the world rally scene once again. We will proudly announce the name of our country by carrying our domestic achievements to the global.”
Castrol Ford Team Turkey returned from WRC, one of the most popular championships in motorsports after Formula 1, with first, second and third place awards in the FSTI class in 2008 and proved its success worldwide by dominating the podium. He then competed with Murat Bostancı in the Junior WRC (World Junior Championship) class in WRC in 2013, in the Junior WRC class again with Buğra Banaz in 2018, and in the WRC2 class with Murat Bostancı in the same year.
Born in 3, young pilot Ali Türkkan and his co-driver Burak Erdener, who will represent Turkey in WRC1999 with Castrol Ford Team Turkey this year, won the only medal for Turkey in the 2022 FIA Motorsports Games, where they participated as the Turkish National Team with the support of TOSFED. . With his co-pilot Onur Vatansever in 2021, Ali Türkkan won the Young Drivers and Two-Wheel Drive Championship in the European Rally Cup, and the Young Drivers and Two-Wheel Drive Championship in the Balkan Rally Cup.
Castrol Ford Team Turkey, which is the youngest rally team in Turkey with an average age of 21, and renews its pilot staff to support young stars in Turkish rally sports, is taking firm steps towards its 26th championship in its 16th season in the Turkish Rally Championship, where it blew like a storm. progressing.
Castrol Ford Team Turkey's WRC calendar is as follows:
1-4 June Rally Italy Sardinia
20-23 July Rally Estonia
3-6 August Rally Finland
7-10 September Greece Acropolis Rally