BEHIND THE WHEEL
AT M-SPORT
DRIVERS' PROFILES
Behind every stage win and success is the partnership between driver and team. At M-Sport, we don't just build the cars, we develop the talent that drives them, combining decades of engineering expertise with some of the sport's most exciting rising stars. From the forests of Finland to the gravel stages of Greece, get to know the drivers who represent M-Sport Ford World Rally Team at every event.
RALLY1 CREWS
JOSH MCERLEAN / EOIN TREACY
FORD PUMA RALLY1
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Nationality: Irish
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Age: 27
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Competition number: 55
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Co-Driver: Eoin Treacy
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Competed in: WRC (Rally1, WRC2, WRC3), ERC, BRC
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Career highlights: Josh stunned in Rally2 machinery on 2024's Rally de Portugal, where he claimed his then career-best result of second in class in the world championship feeder series. Recently, Josh impressed on the 2026 edition of Rally Greece, where he was set to finish in a career-best fourth overall, before a late stage penalty.
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Joined M-Sport: 2025 (full-time Rally1 campaign)
Josh made his competitive debut at just 15 years old, progressing rapidly through the junior ranks in Ireland and the UK to claim the British Junior Rally Championship title in 2019, an achievement recognised with the prestigious Billy Coleman Award. He went on to become one of the leading talents produced by the Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy, delivering a standout runner-up finish at the 2024 Rally de Portugal in WRC2. Building on that form, Josh stepped up to a full-time Rally1 seat with M-Sport Ford in 2025, becoming the first Irish driver to compete full-time at the sport's top level since the late Craig Breen. Now paired with co-driver Eoin Treacy, Josh continues to demonstrate strong pace and consistency at the pinnacle of world rallying, marking him out as one of the WRC's most promising rising talents.
JON ARMSTRONG / SHANE BYRNE
FORD PUMA RALLY1
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Nationality: Northern Irish
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Age: 31
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Competition number: 95
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Co-Driver: Shane Byrne
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Competed in: WRC (Rally1, WRC2, WRC3, JWRC), ERC, BRC
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Career highlights: Armstrong took two dominant back-to-back wins in the European Rally Championship at the end of 2025 on Rali Ceredigion, and Croatia Rally. Jon was also set to finish sixth on his Rally1 debut at Rallye Monte-Carlo 2026, before an incident on the penultimate stage.
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Joined M-Sport: 2024 (ERC campaign in the Ford Fiesta Rally2)
Jon's rallying journey began in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, where he grew up immersed in the sport through his father's work as a local rally mechanic. After early promise on the stages, a shortage of funding led him toward sim racing, where in 2018 he became WRC eSports World Champion, a milestone that helped relaunch his real-world career and led to work as a game designer on the EA Sports WRC franchise. Jon went on to finish runner-up in the Junior WRC Championship in both 2021 and 2022, before claiming the ERC3 title in 2023. A standout 2025 season in the European Rally Championship, driving an M-Sport-backed Fiesta Rally2 to overall wins at Rally Croatia and Rali Ceredigion, earned him a full-time step up to the WRC's top category in 2026, driving the Ford Puma Rally1 car alongside co-driver Shane Byrne.
WRC2 CREWS
ROMET JÜRGENSON / SIIM OJA
FORD FIESTA RALLY2
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Nationality: Estonian
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Age: 26
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Co-Driver: Siim Oja
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Championship: WRC2, JWRC, ERC, BRC
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Career highlights: Jürgenson finished runner-up in the 2025 BRC season after taking a win and two further podiums throughout the season. Jürgenson also delivered a stand-out performance on 2026's Rally Finland, which saw him finish fifth in the WRC2 category amongst a large field of local talent.
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Joined M-Sport: 2025 (WRC2 campaign with the Ford Fiesta Rally2, via the FIA Rally Star programme)
Romet Jürgenson's rallying journey began in Paide, Estonia, where a chance discovery of the FIA Rally Star talent search while serving in the Estonian Military set him on the path to a professional career. He claimed the Junior WRC Championship title in 2024, sealing the crown with a calculated drive at the season-ending Acropolis Rally in Greece. That success earned him promotion to WRC2 with M-Sport in 2025, campaigning a Ford Fiesta Rally2 alongside co-driver Siim Oja, taking best results of fifth place in both Sardinia and Estonia while also finishing second in the British Rally Championship. Building on that progress, Jürgenson remained with the M-Sport team for a 2026 WRC2 campaign, once again partnered with Siim Oja, debuting the Fiesta Rally2's newly developed upgrade package at Rallye Monte-Carlo.
