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16th May 2010, 10:48 #1
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Official: Prodrive's Mini WRCar in 2011 WRC
During the 24 hours of the Nurburgring, David Richard of Prodrive confirmed that the Mini WRCar will make an appearence in the 2011 WRC. Probarly not for the entire season, but a selected number of rallies.
http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=s....stories/84997
"We have been strengthening our work in the MINI and will be present in the WRC next year. We do not know, however, is immediately the whole season or only in selected events, but everything points to us to enter into competition in the first rounds of the calendar, "said David Richards.
At the same time, it was found that BMW - which owns the MINI - is working to ensure a budget consistent with a bet of this nature, because in addition to the requirement of sponsorship this project aims to involve the MINI dealers to secure part of funds required.R.I.P. all WRC heroes
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16th May 2010, 11:27 #2
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Good news that it is official. I look forward to see it!
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16th May 2010, 11:56 #3
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The Prodrive Mini WRCar will have the same BMW 1.6T engine that will be used in the WTCC?
R.I.P. all WRC heroes
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16th May 2010, 12:08 #4MJWGuest
I guess the 2011 season will be a bit of a transition year. Citroen will (as always) have their new car thoroughly tested and will be the benchmark, Ford will be a brave second, only picking up crumbs from the Citroen table, Prodrive BMW will have a toe in the water first year, and maybe Skoda too. Then in 2012 we hopefully get a competitive year with 4 manufacturers in with a shot.
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16th May 2010, 12:43 #5
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Originally Posted by MJW
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16th May 2010, 12:48 #6
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Originally Posted by alleskids
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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16th May 2010, 12:50 #7
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You can't have too big of the expectation from Prodrive Mini but hopefully they will stay for a while. I think it is totally reasonable to run a partial program next year to prepare for 2012.
Waiting for Subaru to come back to be :champion:
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16th May 2010, 15:15 #8
Why was this topic openned may I ask? What was wrong with the one I openned yesterday stating the exact same news from the exact same source?
2024 Season: F1:Fernando/Max! WRC: Kalle/Thierry! ERC:Hayden! CPR:Armindo!
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16th May 2010, 15:27 #9Originally Posted by FAlonso
http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...d.php?t=138123
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16th May 2010, 15:35 #10Originally Posted by Langdale Forest2024 Season: F1:Fernando/Max! WRC: Kalle/Thierry! ERC:Hayden! CPR:Armindo!
First leg he will be thinking in Portuguese championship. Then he can go for WRC2.
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