Ford boss Malcolm Wilson has said that Francois Duval's form on the Ra💫lly RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurda last weekend is proof they made the right decision in drafting h💟im in for the twelfth round in the World Rally Championship.

Duval put in a great performance on only his fourth outing of the year in a Focu✃s RS WRC car following three runs with the Stobartไ Ford team in Monte Carlo, Germany and New Zealand.

Although it was the Belgian's maiden outing under the BP Ford Abu Dha🀅bi World Rally Team banner, it was not his first with the Blue Oval's premier team, as the 27-year-old competed for Ford back in 2004, prior to his ill-fated switch to Citroen in 2005.

Speaking at the finish, Wilson Sr was very impressed, especially as Francois also gave up third and the final place on the podiཧum to help BP F🍷ord Abu Dhabi lead driver Mikko Hirvonen in his bid to beat Sebastien Loeb to the 2008 drivers' title.

"FranCois' performance proved it was the right decision to b𝄹ring him into the team," Malcolm 🎃confirmed. "He did a great job to support Mikko in his quest to be drivers' champion.

"Now our attentions turn to Corsica where🅠 we feel the🌸 nature of the stages will better suit our cars and drivers."

Ford of Europe motorsport director Mark Deanꦕs meanwhile was also pleased with how Duval performed.

"Francois came into the team to help our championship aspirations. W🎃e've greatly appreciated his efforts in fine-tuning the set-up of the Focus RS WRC on asphalt and, of course, his spirit in assisting Mikko's title challenge this morning. I hope his professionalism can now be rewarded further in Corsica next weekend," he summed-up.