Jost Capito w✤ill attend his final FIA World Rally Cha🉐mpionship event as Ford Team RS Director next weekend in Wales.

Capito, who will take up a new role as Vehicle Line Director for Ford Performance Vehicles within the company's Product Development organisation next season, will make a farewell speech in Swansea on Wednesday, November 28, prior to the ceremonial start of the Wales Rally GB the following day.

"I'm prou𝓰d to have been heading Ford's🐈 rally programme during the most successful period in our history," said Capito.

"We've won back-to-back manufacturers' titles in the last two seasons and the Focus RS has won 15 WRC events🐭 in that period.

"I now♒ feel c🃏omfortable to take on a new role within Ford from the beginning of 2008," he added.

Mark Deans meanwhile has been appointed to the newly-created position of motorsport director for Ford of Europe and will be focal p🍃oint through which the 'Blue Oval' will continue to support M-Sport, the company which runs the BP Ford World Rally Team.

The changes were announced by Ford🔴 of Europe last week on Wednesday, November 14.