Qatar World Rally Team Explained

The Qatar World Rally Team is a Qatari World Rally Championship team, based in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

History

They made their debut at the 2012 Rally of Sweden, entering a single Citroën DS3 WRC for Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini.^[1] Al-Attiyah was unable to contest the full season, owing to his qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the car was variously driven by Chris Atkinson in Finland,^[2] Thierry Neuville in New Zealand and Italy,^[3] and Hans Weijs, Jr. in Spain.^[4]

On 26 November 2012, British based M-Sport announced a new partnership with the State of Qatar and that Mads Østberg and Nasser Al-Attiyah would be driving Ford Fiesta RS WRCs for the 2013 season.^[5] The team expanded to include a third and a fourth car, submitting entries for Juho Hänninen and Thierry Neuville.^{[6] [7]}

WRC results

Year	Car		Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13		Points		Points
2012	Citroën DS3 WRC	7	Nasser Al-Attiyah	MON	SWE 21	MEX 6	POR 4	ARG 9	GRE Ret			GER 8	GBR 10	FRA Ret			12th	28	6th	71
			Thierry Neuville							NZL 5					ITA 18		7th	53
			Chris Atkinson								FIN 39						13th	28
			Hans Weijs													ESP Ret	-	0
2013	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	6	Juho Hänninen	MON Ret													15th	8	4th	184
			Matthew Wilson		SWE 27												-	0
			Nasser Al-Attiyah			MEX 5	POR 5	ARG	GRE 5			GER 13	AUS	FRA	ESP Ret	GBR WD	11th	30
			Elfyn Evans							ITA 6	FIN						-	0
		11	Thierry Neuville	MON Ret	SWE 5	MEX 3	POR 17	ARG 5	GRE 3	ITA 2	FIN 2	GER 2	AUS 2	FRA 4	ESP 4	GBR 3	2nd	176
		15	Juho Hänninen		SWE 6	MEX											15th	8
			Dennis Kuipers	MON			POR Ret	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	-	0
		23	Gabriel Pozzo	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG 11	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	-	0

See also

• Ford World Rally Team
• Citroën World Rally Team
• Citroën Junior Team

External links

• Team profile at WRC.com

Notes and References

1. News: Exclusive: Nasser Al Attiyah to race for Citroen in 2012 World Rally Championship. Fernandes. Anthony. 12 December 2011. Sport360.com. Sport360°. 13 December 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110174110/http://www.sport360.com/article/exclusive-nasser-al-attiyah-race-citroen-2012-world-rally-championship. 10 January 2012.
2. News: Draft Entry List – Neste Oil Rally Finland 2012. 10 July 2012. 11 July 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813063547/http://www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi/attachements/2012-07-10T15-38-31253.pdf. 13 August 2012.
3. News: Neuville in Qatar for New Zealand. wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 15 May 2012. 29 May 2012. 22 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130922030913/http://www.wrc.com/news/archive/neuville-in-qatar-for-new-zealand/?fid=16685. dead.
4. News: Entry List. 18 October 2012. 19 October 2012.
5. http://www.m-sport.co.uk/index.php/news/1297-m-sport-confirm-ostberg-for-2013 M-Sport confirm Østberg for 2013
6. News: Juho Hanninen set for M-Sport Ford WRC switch after Skoda exit. David. Evans. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 1 December 2012. 1 December 2012.
7. News: Novikov and Neuville join Qatar M-Sport quartet for 2013. M-Sport.co.uk. Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team. 15 December 2012. 15 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121218153542/http://www.m-sport.co.uk/index.php/news/1302-novikov-and-neuville-join-qatar-m-sport-quartet-for-2013. 18 December 2012.