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Ford Focus WRC #2 R. Baumgartner / B. Wichs Red Bull Rally Austria 2001 Minichamps 1:43

Ford Focus WRC #2 R. Baumgartner / B. Wichs Red Bull Rally Austria 2001 Minichamps 1:43
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Specifications
Car Brand
Ford
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:43
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
430008907
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About the Ford Focus WRC #2 R. Baumgartner / B. Wichs Red Bull Rally Austria 2001 Minichamps 1:43

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 diecast Ford Focus WRC #2 reproduces Raimund Baumgartner and B. Wichs's 2001 Red Bull Rally Austria entry. Diecast construction at a compact scale carries the Focus WRC's flared arches and rally-spec lighting into a WRC classic display.

The Focus WRC's wide, purposeful stance made it one of the most recognisable rally silhouettes of its era, and Red Bull livery adds an immediately identifiable colour scheme to that shape.

Compact Rally Precision from a Specialist 1:43 Producer

Rally cars carry auxiliary lighting, mud flaps and flared arches that demand genuinely fine tooling to hold at 1:43, and Minichamps' long specialisation in this scale shows in how cleanly those small, functional details come through without blurring into a generic silhouette. The Red Bull livery's bold graphic blocks need precise, clean-edged printing to read correctly at this size, and that print accuracy is central to how convincingly the model represents the actual 2001 entry rather than a generic Focus WRC in similar colours. Doors typically open at this scale, though interior detail stays minimal in keeping with a stripped rally-spec cabin. The compact format also lets a collector build a genuinely broad WRC season archive without needing 1:18-scale shelf space for every car.

The Focus WRC and Rally Austria 2001

Ford's Focus WRC competed at a genuinely high level through the early 2000s World Rally Championship, and Rally Austria's 2001 running gave privateer and semi-works entries like this Red Bull-backed car a stage within that top-level competition. Baumgartner's participation reflects the kind of national and regional talent that regularly featured alongside the series' full-time factory drivers. For a WRC Classic shelf, this piece documents a specific event and livery from a genuinely strong era of World Rally Championship competition.

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