Ford’s snuck everyone behind-the-scenes of development for its Focus RS RX contender in the latest instalment of its Project RX series.

In a string of videos detailing the exhaustive process of building the car, episode four takes us back to the car’s very first test. Here we’re given much more insight into the racer than first teased to us in Ken Block’s Gymkhana 8 video.

Succeeding Block’s Fiesta WRX-spec vehicle, the new Focus RS is built to the competition’s 2016 specifications. So that means it packs a 447kW 2.0-litre turbo four up front. But scarily, its power isn’t the most impressive stat.

Ford Focus RS RX rear

Built in collaboration between the UK’s renowned M-Sport, Ford Performance, and Block’s Hoonigan Racing Division (which campaigns it in the current series), a huge amount of rally experience has been poured into the car.

Ford Focus RS RXs in the garage

Ken Block and Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud are driving the car this year. And five races in the RS RX has claimed a win in Bakkerud’s hands at his home race.

Ford Focus RS RX racing