Ford has pledged to launch a 'detailed investigation༺' after six of its 🍌cars, including those of 'A' team drivers, Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen, were penalised by the stewards.

All the 06 spec Ford Focus WRC runners - namely Grᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚonholm and Hirvonen, as well as Stobart trio, Jari-Matti Latvala, Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson and privateer Gareth MacHale - were given five minute penalties and a reprimand following the finish of the R♌ally de Portugal, the fifth round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship, after the event scrutineers found that the rear side windows did not comply with the homologation form of the car in terms of thickness.

Although the discrepancy was minuscule - less than half a millimetr🍰e and would have had no affect in terms of performance, Ford have accepted the judgement of the stewards and will not be app༺ealing.

Indeed while the stewards agreed it would not have✨ benefited the cars, it was still a breach of the regul😼ations and as such could not go unpunished.

Ford team director Malcolm ♏Wilson said he was 'disappointed' with the whole situation, but ꧃conceded that it their own fault.

"We were disappointed to learn from the scrutineers that the team made an error," he confirmed. "We will launch a detailed investigation into how this could have happened at M♒-Sp🤪ort."