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Mini John Cooper Works WRC

World Rally Championship car

Field	Value
Car_name	Mini John Cooper Works WRC
Image	[[File:2012 rallye deutschland by 2eight dsc5066.jpg	250px]]
Category	World Rally Car
Constructor	Prodrive
WRC	yes
Team	GBR Mini WRC Team/Prodrive WRC Team
BRA Brazil World Rally Team
ITA Motorsport Italia
POR WRC Team Mini Portugal
POL Lotos Team WRC
UKR Ascania Racing
Drivers	UKR Valeriy Gorban
EST Mait Maarend
ESP Dani Sordo
GBR Kris Meeke
BRA Daniel Oliveira
POR Armindo Araújo
AUS Chris Atkinson
BRA Paulo Nobre
FRA Pierre Campana
SWE Patrik Sandell
FIN Jarkko Nikara
POL Michał Kościuszko
Technical ref
Suspension	MacPherson type
Length	4110 mm
Width	1820 mm
Turbo/NA	1.6 L BMW Motorsport I4 turbocharged
Gearbox name	Xtrac
Gears	6-speed
Type	sequential manual transmission
Differential	Front and rear mechanical auto-locking differentials
Weight	1200 kg
Tyres	Michelin
Debut	2011 Rally Italia Sardegna

BRA Brazil World Rally Team ITA Motorsport Italia POR WRC Team Mini Portugal POL Lotos Team WRC UKR Ascania Racing EST Mait Maarend ESP Dani Sordo GBR Kris Meeke BRA Daniel Oliveira POR Armindo Araújo AUS Chris Atkinson BRA Paulo Nobre FRA Pierre Campana SWE Patrik Sandell FIN Jarkko Nikara POL Michał Kościuszko | Turbo/NA = 1.6 L BMW Motorsport I4 turbocharged 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

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

File:Mini WRC.JPG|John Cooper Works WRC shown in Paris in 2010 File:Armindo Araujo. Portugal 2011.jpg|Armindo Araújo's Super 2000 model at the 2011 Rally de Portugal File:Dani Sordo - 2011 Rallye Deutschland.jpg|Dani Sordo heading to third place in the 2011 Rallye Deutschland Gorban-Larens Rally Estonia 2018.jpg|Valeriy Gorban at the 2018 Rally Estonia File:Mini Cooper S2000.jpg|Yağız Avcı with Super 2000 in Rally Bulgaria 2014

References

[http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/wrc/car Mini John Cooper Works WRC]
(2010-07-27). "The Oxford-built Mini makes World Rally come back". [[BBC]].
(2011-02-04). "Inside The Mini WRC". octanereport.com.
[http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/paris-motor-show/257722/mini_unleashes_countryman_wrc.html Auto Express September 2010]
[http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/wrc/mini_wrc_team2/profile Mini WRC website]
"MINI Countryman getting ready for Pikes Peak [video]".

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