{{Short description|World Rally Championship car}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox racing car | Car_name = Mini John Cooper Works WRC | Image = 250px | Category = World Rally Car | Constructor = Prodrive | Designer = | WRC=yes | Team = {{flagicon|GBR}} Mini WRC Team/Prodrive WRC Team<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil World Rally Team<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Motorsport Italia<br>{{flagicon|POR}} WRC Team Mini Portugal<br>{{flagicon|POL}} Lotos Team WRC<br>{{flagicon|UKR}} Ascania Racing | Drivers = {{flagicon|UKR}} Valeriy Gorban<br>{{flagicon|EST}} Mait Maarend<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Sordo<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Kris Meeke<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Daniel Oliveira<br>{{flagicon|POR}} Armindo Araújo<br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Atkinson<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Nobre<br> {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Campana<br> {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sandell<br>{{flagicon|FIN}} Jarkko Nikara<br>{{flagicon|POL}} Michał Kościuszko | Technical ref = <ref name=tech>[http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/wrc/car Mini John Cooper Works WRC]</ref> | Chassis = | Suspension = MacPherson type | Length = {{convert|4110|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | Width = {{convert|1820|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} | Height = | Wheelbase = | Track = | Engine name = | Capacity = | Configuration = | Turbo/NA = 1.6 L BMW Motorsport I4 turbocharged | Engine position = | Gearbox name = Xtrac | Gears = 6-speed | Type = sequential manual transmission | Differential = Front and rear mechanical auto-locking differentials | Weight = {{convert|1200|kg|lb|1|abbr=on}} | Fuel = | Tyres = Michelin | Debut = 2011 Rally Italia Sardegna | Races = | Wins = | Cons_champ = | Drivers_champ = | Teams_champ = }} 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-10775125|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|title=The Oxford-built Mini makes World Rally come back|date=2010-07-27|access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref> The car was entered in a limited campaign for 2011, with a view to a complete championship from 2012 and was run by Prodrive,<ref name="The Octane Report">{{cite news|url=http://octanereport.com/tuned-cars/2011/02/04/inside-the-mini-wrc-specs.html|title=Inside The Mini WRC |work=octanereport.com|date=2011-02-04|access-date=2011-02-04}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/motorshows/paris-motor-show/257722/mini_unleashes_countryman_wrc.html Auto Express September 2010]</ref> The WRC's engine was developed by BMW Motorsport for use in a variety of motorsport series, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship.<ref>[http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/wrc/mini_wrc_team2/profile Mini WRC website]</ref>
==Accolades== ===Wins=== * 2011 Rallye Mont-Blanc (Pierre Campana) * 2012 Tour de Corse (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2012 Qatar International Rally (Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and Killian Duffy) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2012 Lurgan Park Rally (Kris Meeke and Gerry McVeigh) * 2013 Spanish Rally Championship (Luis Monzon and José Déniz) * 2013, 2014 Czech Rally Championship (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2014 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
===Runners-up=== * 2011 Rallye de France (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio) * 2012 Monte Carlo Rally (Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio) * 2012 Rally of Lebanon (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 (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2015 Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Václav Pech and Petr Uhel) (with S2000 1.6T)
==Gallery== <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 model at the 2011 Rally de Portugal 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 File:Mini Cooper S2000.jpg|Yağız Avcı with Super 2000 in Rally Bulgaria 2014 </gallery>
==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldcarfans.com/113053058248/mini-countryman-getting-ready-for-pikes-peak-video|title = MINI Countryman getting ready for Pikes Peak [video]}}</ref> * 2013 Global RallyCross Championship, having events won by a Mini Countryman JCW
== References == {{Reflist}}
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