M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen have secured their first podium of the year at the Rally Mexico, piloting their NGK-equipped EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC to third place.

Highlighting their potential with the fastest time through the first pass of Thursday’s Shakedown, the Finns continued to impress and upheld their strong performance with pace and consistency throughout the weekend in their Ford Fiesta WRC which is fitted with NGK spark plugs and NTK Lambda sensors.

Locked in an intense battle for second place with reigning World Champion Ott Tänak, Suninen more than held his own and was on course to keep the Estonian at bay before picking up a brake issue through the closing kilometres.

In the other Fiesta, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson had also been on course for a strong result, holding sixth place before a mechanical issue set them back.

Mark Hallam, Marketing Manager, NGK Spark Plugs said, “It was great to see Teemu and Jarmo make the podium in Mexico and also a battling performance by Gus which bodes well for future rounds of the WRC.”