The Rally of Australia, final round of the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship, where many teams involved are equipped by BMC, was won by Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul (Hyundai i20 WRC); three weeks after Wales Rally GB where Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, 4th in Australia, made sure of the year’s Drivers’ and Co-drivers’ crowns in their Ford Fiesta WRC run by the 2017 Manufacturers’ champions M-Sport.