Mini John Cooper Works WRC - Mini Cooper Rally Car

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.

Accolades

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Wins

• 2011 Rallye Mont-Blanc (Pierre Campana)
• 2012 Tour de Corse (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2012 Qatar International Rally (Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and Killian Duffy) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2012 Lurgan Park Rally (Kris Meeke and Gerry McVeigh)
• 2013 Spanish Rally Championship (Luis Monzon and José Déniz)
• 2013, 2014 Czech Rally Championship (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2014 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)

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) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2013 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2014 Internationale Jänner Rallye (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
• 2015 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)

Gallery

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See also

Mini john cooper works wrc. Photos and comments. www.picautos.com. Source : www.picautos.com

• X-raid
• Mini All4 Racing
• Andros Trophy, a non-WRC event won by a vehicle based on the Mini Countryman
• 2013 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, a non-WRC event entered by a 900 bhp vehicle based on the Mini Countryman.
• 2013 Global RallyCross Championship, having events won by a Mini Countryman JCW

References

2011 Geneva Motor Show: MINI John Cooper Works S2000 makes us drool. Source : www.4wheelsnews.com


Mini John Cooper Works WRC - Brief about model. Source : www.drivedrill.com