Sentences with phrase «mini wrc»
The company commenced development of the car in 2009, and a concept of the MINI WRC will be displayed in Paris.
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The MINI WRC, powered by a 1.6 - litre, four - cylinder Di turbo - charged engine, recently received a baptism of fire, acquitting itself well during initial testing at Prodrive's rally track.
Kris Meeke has been confirmed as the first driver to compete for Prodrive in the MINI WRC.
The 2011 World Rally Championship will see the new MINI WRC contesting in six of 13 scheduled rounds, with MINI competing in the full 2012 season.
The MINI WRC was developed by Prodrive in accordance to the new FIA Super 2000 regulations on the basis of the MINI Countryman production model.
What are the outstanding characteristics of the MINI Countryman, on which the MINI WRC is based?
Ian Robertson, Member of the Board of Management, Sales and Marketing BMW Group, speaks about the importance of motorsport for the MINI brand, the goals in the World Rally Championship and the MINI Countryman, on which the MINI WRC is based.
The heart of the MINI WRC is the BMW Motorsport - developed 1.6 litre, fourcylinder Di turbo - charged engine which can be deployed not only in the WRC, but also in other championships running to the FIA's Super2000 regulations.
The MINI WRC Team was officially launched in Oxford overnight.
Co-incidentally, or perhaps not, VW unveiled its plans at the same event where the new Mini WRC team had its debut outing.
On Monday, the Mini WRC Team was officially presented to the public at the Team Launch, which took place at the Mini Plant in Oxford, England.
It got a little bit more coverage than usual because Mikko Hirvonen was taking part in a Mini WRC car.
Not exact matches
It will be interesting to see whether it's Citroën or Mini that comes out on top when they go head - to - head on the road, and on the WRC stages, in 2011.
Perhaps the most exciting was the Mini Countryman WRC.
evo's Henry Catchpole gets a unique chance to drive the Mini Countryman WRC in our exclusive video
There's a wide selection of cars, from 60s legends like the Mini Cooper and Lancia Fulvia to modern day WRC machines, and there are ten driving locations — Wales, Monaco, Greece, Germany, Finland and Sweden in the rallying classes, the Pikes Peak Hillclimb, and Rallycross circuits in England, Sweden and Norway.
Watch as evo's Henry Catchpole gets a unique chance to put the Mini Countryman WRC car through its paces
The 2010 Paris motor show saw the three major 2011 WRC cars unveiled, with Citroen, Ford and Mini all taking the wraps off their eagerly awaited cars.
Question is once MINI has the Countryman full homologated for the WRC, will they then put the Gas 2 liter BMW Turbo as well as the BMW 2 liter diesel in it as well?
The Mini John Cooper Works WRC will go up against its rivals for the first time at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna May 5 - 8.
Last year BMW Motorsport announced it would return to the WRC with the new Mini.
The Mini John Cooper Works WRC is based on the Mini Countryman and is powered by a 1.6 - liter turbo engine also used in production Minis.
This Mini Countryman WRC, produced in close cooperation with Mini, will be an all - wheel - drive machine powered by a turbocharged 1.6 - liter 4 - cylinder built by BMW Motorsport.
It's probably fair to say that the original Mini Cooper S, which won so many rallies back in the 1960s, elevated the status of rallying to new heights and that lead to the World Rally Championship (WRC) becoming the world's second most popular motorsport series, behind F1.
To celebrate the occasion, one of the team's works drivers, Kris Meeke, took to the Plant Oxford forecourt and performed a motorkhana display in his new MINI John Cooper Works WRC.
The MINI Countryman has displayed its sporting potential in a string of impressive performances in the World Rally Championship (WRC)-- proof, were it needed, that the brand's first five - seater shares the racing genes which define the character of every MINI.
MINI, together with David Richard's Prodrive, are taking the MINI Countryman back in to Rallying with a WRC title inside three years the target.
The new MINI Countryman WRC has been developed by Prodrive, the company formed and run by David Richards since 1984.
As a bit if a tease and a warm up for that WRC outing, MINI has put together a video showing the MINI Countryman WRC in action, interspersed with shots of the original 1960s Rally Minis and some famous faces — Paddy Hopkirk among them.
The first practical test for the MINI Countryman WRC will take place in autumn 2010 in preparation for competition in selected events of the 2011 WRC, before competing in the full series in 2012.
Mini has participated in the World Rally Championship since 2011 through the Prodrive WRC Team.
[106] The Countryman is the chosen donor model and Prodrive have been selected to prepare the Mini Countryman WRC.
Back in January this year we gave you the scoop that MINI was planning a road - going version of its Countryman WRC.
Oh, remember that rumour of the road - going MINI Countryman WRC we told you about?
The car above is the MINI Countryman WRC.
According to Sales and Marketing Director Luisa Bixio, this particular Mini was one of the most requested cars by the community: «We are excited to announce the presence of one of the most loved cars into WRC 3.
Also available this week are three new minis, demos for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, EA Sports MMA, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, My Sims: Sky Heroes, TerRover and WRC FIA World Rally Championship, as well as DLC for the likes of Borderlands, FIFA 11 and Mafia II, and much, much more.