The partnership agreement affords Team Sky access to a range of Ford vehicles to provide specific support for all key areas of the Team Sky racing and non-racing programme.
Team Sky’s Ford fleet
- 10 Mondeo estates including all-wheel drive versions – for use by Team Sky senior management, team sports directors and mechanics
- 8 Ford S-MAX 7-seat sports activity – for use by team carers between hotels and feeding stations and also by VIPs and guests
- 2 Ford Kuga SUV – carer cars
- 2 Ford Tourneo Custom 9-seat people carriers – used as airport/hotel shuttles
- 2 Ford Transit Jumbo vans – logistics support for each race, carrying all riders’ gear including personal mattresses
Liveried in the distinctive blue and black Team Sky colours, the most visible cars in the peloton will be the Ford Mondeo estates used by the team’s sports directors and team mechanics. These will be joined by a range of other Ford vehicles with in-car technologies suited for any race and any environment.
All Kuga and S-MAX vehicles, as well as two of the Mondeo estates will be equipped with Ford’s Intelligent All-Wheel Drive technology, ready for tough Belgian cobbles or Alpine descents. This technology measures how the car’s wheels are gripping the road surface and can adjust torque delivery between the front and rear wheels in under 20 milliseconds.
“Ford is the perfect partner for Team Sky, sharing our core values of combining technology and innovation to meet the specific and often varied demands needed in any high performance environment,” said Sir David Brailsford, team principal at Team Sky.
“As we embark on our racing programme, Ford’s range of vehicles will play a vital role for Team Sky, delivering the right car for the right environment as we strive towards even greater success and more race wins in 2016 and beyond.”
