Car Name: | Mini John Cooper Works WRC |
Category: | World Rally Car |
Constructor: | Prodrive |
Wrc: | yes |
Team: | Mini WRC Team/Prodrive WRC Team Brazil World Rally Team Motorsport Italia WRC Team Mini Portugal Lotos Team WRC Ascania Racing |
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 |
Technical Ref: | [1] |
Suspension: | MacPherson type |
Length: | 41101NaN1 |
Width: | 18201NaN1 |
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: | 12001NaN1 |
Tyres: | Michelin |
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]