Jost Capito will attend his final FIA World🐬 Rally Championship event as Ford Team RS Di💧rector 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 proud🙈 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' ti𝓰tles in the last two seasons and the Focus RS has won 15 WRC events in that period.

"I now feel comfortable to take on a new role within Ford from the beginnin꧃g 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 foc🍎al point through which the 'Blue Oval' will continue to support M-Sport, the company which runs the BP Ford World Rally Team.

The c𓂃hanges were announc🌠ed by Ford of Europe last week on Wednesday, November 14.