Mini John Cooper Works WRC

Category| World Rally Car
Constructor| Prodrive
Technical specifications[1]
Suspension| MacPherson type
Length| 4,110 mm (161.8 in)
Width| 1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Engine| 1.6 L BMW Motorsport I4 turbocharged
Transmission| Xtrac 6-speed sequential manual transmission Front and rear mechanical auto-locking differentials
Weight| 1,200 kg (2,645.5 lb)
Tyres| Michelin
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants|  Mini WRC Team/Prodrive WRC Team
Brazil World Rally Team
Motorsport Italia
WRC Team Mini Portugal
Lotos Team WRC
Ascania Racing
Notable drivers|  Valeriy Gorban
Mait Maarend
Dani Sordo
Kris Meeke
Daniel Oliveira
Armindo Araújo
Chris Atkinson
Paulo Nobre
Pierre Campana
Patrik Sandell
Jarkko Nikara
Michał Kościuszko
Debut| 2011 Rally Italia Sardegna

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.[2] The car was entered in a limited campaign for 2011, with a view to a complete championship from 2012 and was run by Prodrive,[3] 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.[4] The WRC's engine was developed by BMW Motorsport for use in a variety of motorsport series, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Accolades
* 1.1 Wins
* 1.2 Runners-up
* 2 Gallery
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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

* John Cooper Works WRC shown in Paris in 2010

* Armindo Araújo's Super 2000 model at the 2011 Rally de Portugal

* Dani Sordo heading to third place in the 2011 Rallye Deutschland

* Valeriy Gorban at the 2018 Rally Estonia

* Yağız Avcı with Super 2000 in Rally Bulgaria 2014

## See also

* 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.[6]
* 2013 Global RallyCross Championship, having events won by a Mini Countryman JCW

## References

1. ↑ Mini John Cooper Works WRC
2. ↑ "The Oxford-built Mini makes World Rally come back". BBC News (BBC). 2010-07-27. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-10775125.
3. ↑ "Inside The Mini WRC". octanereport.com. 2011-02-04. http://octanereport.com/tuned-cars/2011/02/04/inside-the-mini-wrc-specs.html.
4. ↑ Auto Express September 2010
5. ↑ Mini WRC website
6. ↑ "MINI Countryman getting ready for Pikes Peak [video]". http://www.worldcarfans.com/113053058248/mini-countryman-getting-ready-for-pikes-peak-video.

Awards

Preceded by
Citroën C4 WRC |  Autosport Awards
Rally Car of the Year
2011  | Succeeded by
Citroën DS3 WRC

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