The WRC provides an excellent communications platform ... logical basis for a competitive rally derivative. The flagship MINI Cooper S Countryman is powered by a 1,6-liter, four-cylinder petrol ...

This season, the team will contest six rounds of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with the MINI John Cooper Works WRC. The car will be tested against its rivals for the first time at the ...

The Mini WRC has been developed by Prodrive ... Three victories at the Rally Monte Carlo in the 1960s made the Mini Cooper S a true legend. Mini also competed in the European Rally Championship ...

The Mini John Cooper Works car will still be available to customer teams wishing to run the car in WRC competition, but there will no longer be financial support available from Mini.

In practical terms, not very much. Prodrive will continue development of the Mini John Cooper Works WRC car for both the official entry and for additional privateer teams running customer cars in ...

The classic Mini Cooper was a legendary rally car in the 1960s ... set of races before going full-time in 2012. MINI's return to WRC is enabled by two main factors: the addition of the ALL4 ...

Joining the WRC car will be a selection of Euro-market MINIs including the world premiere of the Cooper D Convertible and the One D Clubman. The Cooper D Convertible is the first diesel MINI to ...

The John Cooper Works WRC team plans to continue competing in the World Rally Championship, despite BMW-owned Mini firm cutting its direct funding of the project. Although Mini will no longer be ...

As such, in accordance with FIA regulations, we will have achieved the WRC homologation for the MINI John Cooper Works.” In other words, MINI has paved the way for privateer teams to campaign ...

There's no mention of Countryman in the new rally car's name, which has been officially dubbed the MINI John Cooper Works WRC, and which in the words of brand motorsport director Dirk Hollweg ...

As such, in accordance with FIA regulations, we will have achieved the WRC homologation for the MINI John Cooper Works. In doing so, we would have achieved the prerequisites to allow those ...

There were various models of the Mini Cooper, in line with different driver needs ... BMW’s Mini has participated in the World Rally Championship since 2011 through the Prodrive WRC Team. Its first ...