The Mini John Cooper Works WRC is a
World Rally Car debuted by the
Mini WRC Team during the
2011 World Rally Championship season
The 2011 World Rally Championship was the 39th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA World Rally Championship in automobile racing. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with 2011 Rally Sweden, Rally Sweden on 10 ...
. 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
BMW M Motorsport (formerly BMW Motorsport) is the division of BMW responsible for motorsport-related activities, including works-run competition programmes in touring car racing, sports car racing, motorcycle racing and Formula E.
The current orga ...
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
Carlos del Barrio (born 15 August 1968) is a Spanish rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Dani Sordo and is competing for Hyundai in the World Rally Championship.
Rally career
Carlos del Barrio began his rally career in 1991, co-driving ...
) (with S2000 1.6T)
* 2012
Qatar International Rally
The Qatar International Rally (known previously as Qatar Rally, also known as International Rally of Qatar) is an international rally racing event held near the Qatari capital Doha. The rally, a gravel and sand event, dates back into the 1970s and ...
(
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (born 13 November 1979) is a Qatari rally driver. He made his World Rally Championship (WRC) debut on the 2012 Acropolis Rally, scoring a point with a tenth-place finish.
In January 2012 Al-Kuwari won the Qatar International R ...
and
Killian Duffy
Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillian. The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid.
The name is s ...
) (with S2000 1.6T)
* 2012
Lurgan Park Rally (
Kris Meeke and Gerry McVeigh)
* 2013
Spanish Rally Championship
The Spanish Rally Championship is the most important rally championship in Spain. It was established in 1956.
Champions
;Driver Championship
External links
{{Rally championships
Rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demon ...
(
Luis Monzon and
José Déniz)
* 2013, 2014
Czech Rally Championship
The Czech Rally Championship is a rallying series based in the Czech Republic. The first championship was run in 1994.
Czech Rally Championship Champions
Multiple wins by individual
Multiple wins by car manufacturer
Czech Sprintrally Cha ...
(
Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
*
2014 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
The 2014 Barum Czech Rally Zlín was the eighth round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season
The 2014 European Rally Championship season was the 62nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship ser ...
(
Václav Pech and
Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
Runners-up
*
2011 Rallye de France
The 2011 Rallye de France – Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 30 September – 2 October, and was based in Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace region of France. The rally ...
(
Dani Sordo and
Carlos del Barrio
Carlos del Barrio (born 15 August 1968) is a Spanish rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Dani Sordo and is competing for Hyundai in the World Rally Championship.
Rally career
Carlos del Barrio began his rally career in 1991, co-driving ...
)
*
2012 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2012 Monte Carlo Rally, officially 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo was the first round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 18 and 22 January 2012.
Report
Introduction
The rally, which return ...
(
Dani Sordo and
Carlos del Barrio
Carlos del Barrio (born 15 August 1968) is a Spanish rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Dani Sordo and is competing for Hyundai in the World Rally Championship.
Rally career
Carlos del Barrio began his rally career in 1991, co-driving ...
)
* 2012
Rally of Lebanon Rally of Lebanon (known originally as the Rally Montagne) is the only tarmac rally of the Middle East Rally Championship, organised by the ATCL (Automobile et Touring Club du Liban). The rally was first held in 1968.
Past winners
Driver Multiple ...
(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
The 2014 Internationale Jänner Rallye was the first round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season, held in Austria between 3–5 January 2014.
The rally was won by ex-Formula One driver and WRC-2 champion Robert Kubica and co-driver Maciej ...
(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
Super 2000 is an FIA powertrain specification used in the World Rally Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, and other touring car championships. The engines were originally 2 L naturally aspirate ...
model at the 2011 Rally de Portugal
The 2011 Rally de Portugal was the third round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first European event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 24–27 March, beginning with a super special stage in the city of ...
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
The 2018 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 July 2018. It marked the eighth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of ...
File:Mini Cooper S2000.jpg, Yağız Avcı with Super 2000
Super 2000 is an FIA powertrain specification used in the World Rally Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, and other touring car championships. The engines were originally 2 L naturally aspirate ...
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.
*
2013 Global RallyCross Championship
The 2013 Global RallyCross Championship was the third season of this championship. The season consisted of nine weekends, three in X Games events (including a doubleheader after an event cancellation). Toomas Heikkinen earned his first series cham ...
, having events won by a Mini Countryman JCW
References
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World Rally Cars
John Cooper Works WRC
All-wheel-drive vehicles