M-Sport-Ford reveals new look Puma for WRC 2025

M-Sport has taken the covers off its newly liveried Ford Puma that will contest the 2025 World Rally Championship, ahead of next week’s Monte Carlo opener.

The British squad has revealed a new navy blue colour scheme featuring a continuation of its association with energy drinks giant Red Bull and technology company SafetyCulture.

M-Sport will once again filed two full-time entries. It has retained the services of Gregoire Munster, who will now lead the team following Adrien Fourmaux’s departure for Hyundai, with the Luxembourger now joined by Rally1 debutant Josh McErlean.

The team will field a Puma for Martins Sesks across a six-round partial programme beginning at Rally Sweden, while privateer Jourdan Serderidis will also bolster its ranks on the snow event.

In addition to a new livery, M-Sport has worked on improving the Puma’s engine mapping and developing new gear ratios following the FIA’s decision to remove hybrid power from Rally1 cars this year.

“It is going to be a challenge this year and we have to be realistic as to what is achievable,” M-Sport team principal Richard Millener told Autosport.

“The goal was to stay in the championship, that was the key thing, which is harder than it has ever been before.

“Losing Adrien was obviously a massive blow, but we just have to live with that. The goal was to find two drivers to allow us to continue.

“The goal was always to keep Gregoire in the car for a few seasons, to give him a chance to develop, so having a second year with him is great.

“It will come with pressure as he will be seen as the number one, and with that comes expectation – but that is external, not internal.

“We want to see him continue from how he finished last year, which was setting competitive times, and Josh has got the biggest challenge of everybody, so the approach of being very sensible will be key.

“If we try and take the fight to the other two teams, we will make ourselves look silly. We need to try and gain what we can with the people we have.

“But I’m happy we have these two drivers and a team to do the season, because I think the two options that people don’t understand is that it was either a young inexperienced team as such or no team.

“Having two youngsters gaining knowledge with no pressure can be a nice team environment and can help us go forward with another good year. We will do our own thing and see where we end up.”

M-Sport’s rivals Toyota and Hyundai have elected to replicate their 2024 liveries for this season.

Toyota has retained an all-black look on its GR Yaris, which has undergone modifications to the exhaust system and camshafts, while gear ratios have also been reviewed among other measures to optimise the package.

Hyundai has kept the familiar sky blue and orange livery on its i20 N and will start the season in Monte Carlo with largely unmodified 2024 car. The team plans to debut its much-anticipated heavily-revised car at Rally Sweden next month.