Mini John Cooper Works WRC

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Category World Rally Car Suspension (front) MacPherson type Length 4,110 mm (161.8 in)		Constructor Prodrive Suspension (rear) MacPherson type Width 1,820 mm (71.7 in)

The Mini John Cooper Works WRC is a World Rally Car debuted by the Mini WRC Team during the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It is the first rally car to bear the Mini label in top-level rallying since the 1960s. The car was entered in a limited campaign for 2011, with a view to a complete championship from 2012 and was run by Prodrive, who previously had success with the Subaru Impreza WRC.

The WRC is based on the Mini Countryman and features a direct-injection 1.6 L turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine. The WRC's engine was developed by BMW Motorsport for use in a variety of motorsport series, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship.

Wins

2011 Rallye Mont-Blanc (Pierre Campana)

2012 Tour de Corse (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio)

2012 Qatar International Rally (Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and Killian Duffy)

2012 Lurgan Park Rally (Kris Meeke and Gerry McVeigh)

2013 Spanish Rally Championship (Luis Monzon and José Déniz)

2013 Czech Rally Championship (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel)

2014 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel)

2014 Rallye du Maroc (Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel)

2015 Rallye du Maroc (Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mathieu Baumel)

Runners-up

2011 Rallye de France (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio)

2012 Monte Carlo Rally (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio)

2012 Rally of Lebanon (Abdo Feghali and Marc Haddad)

2013 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel)

2014 Internationale Jänner Rallye (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel)

2015 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel)

References

Mini John Cooper Works WRC Wikipedia

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