Overview
- Jon Armstrong steps up to a full-time Rally1 seat alongside retained Josh McErlean in M-Sport’s 2026 World Rally Championship program.
- Both drivers will contest the full season in Ford Puma Rally1 cars during the final year of the current Rally1 technical regulations.
- M-Sport extended McErlean’s deal with co-driver Eoin Treacy after a rookie Rally1 campaign that yielded seventh-place finishes at Monte Carlo, Finland and Central Europe and 11th overall.
- Armstrong’s promotion follows two ERC wins and a title challenge in 2024–25, with Autosport reporting he effectively takes the seat previously held by Grégoire Munster.
- M-Sport says further 2026 line-up announcements are pending, with Martins Sesks’ plans yet to be confirmed after a seven-round program in 2025.