Prodrive Mini WRC

[GTA]

just for info: its Not "Former" Ralliart Italy.. they run in the PWRC with Mitsubishi.... Motorsport Italia is new team created in 01-2011 that run the Mini WRC for Paulo Nobre and Armindo Araujo.!

[dimviii]

just for info: its Not "Former" Ralliart Italy.. they run in the PWRC with Mitsubishi.... Motorsport Italia is new team created in 01-2011 that run the Mini WRC for Paulo Nobre and Armindo Araujo.!

who is the owner? created from who?

[GTA]

http://www.motorsport-italia.com

[dimviii]

http://www.motorsport-italia.com

same company.Mitsubishi grN / R4 is dead moneywise,they created another company to rent/service minis at wrc.Workshops are the same.
Motorsport Italia Team

Mitsubishi Motors - Ralliart Italy

[GTA]

Sorry but the Lancer Group N and R4 Projects are not dead. and is used by many private teams in Europe, same for the Subaru R4.
That you do not read so much about them in the news and websites is another story, is mostly national results.

[Barreis]

Prodrive rubbishes Mini split rumours - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Richard Goransson to make WRC car debut in Rally Sweden - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com

[RS]

Who actually owns the cars which Prodrive run on WRC events?

Do BMW provide any finance for the programme?

Reading between the lines of the various quotes it seems BMW may pull any/all funding from the programme and just let it continue with privateers, and that Prodrive will battle on as one of those privateers.

It must be a great disappointment for all the staff at Prodrive who have made a decent car that the Prodrive management have let them down. What was the last successful project which Prodrive did? Aston Martin thing, Mini WRC, F1 bid all seem to have been a disaster.

[dimviii]

Sorry but the Lancer Group N and R4 Projects are not dead. and is used by many private teams in Europe, same for the Subaru R4.
That you do not read so much about them in the news and websites is another story, is mostly national results.

Jack don t want to play with words.Think that everybody understood what i am saying.

[noel157]

Eugene Donnelly's Mini WRC entered in the first round of the ITC this weekend:

[Plan9]

Prodrive rubbishes Mini split rumours - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
Richard Goransson to make WRC car debut in Rally Sweden - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com

The first story is a bit contradictory in that there is no split between Prodrive and BMW yet BMW are worried (rightly) about VW and Prodrive has no money. It seems BMW and Prodrive have reached an impasse and cannot move on. One of these issues must be right and one wrong. I don't think that BMW want to scrap the MINI project but are frustrated that Prodrive cannot find money. On the other hand Prodrive cannot do any more without money that BMW does not want to provide.

I do not understand why BMW does not want to fund this because they are more than capable and I don't think they want to leave the WRC?

Does anyone know what's going on in Prodrive? Maybe a reason they cannot get cash (I mean they are a world renowned brand in motorsport and have tentacles all over that industry)