Prodrive Mini WRC

Apparently MINI will be doing ALL of 2012... Someone tweeted.. Looking for link

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Originally Posted by Allyc85

I hope that includes a big engine upgrade as from where we were on Myherin the car looked so slow up the long hill compared to the Ford and Citreons :(

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Any chance this was at marshal point 13? Thats where I was and they looked slow, but Meeke said he had an engine problem and was less powerful than usual on that stage.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Where did you see the 0,5sec/km.Because i see an average 1 sec/km.Rally cars don t win rallies at drawing tables.They win at stages.

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Look at the stages on the 6 events that Mini have entered where Meeke in particular is comfortable (with the surface and the stage) and the car is healthy and you'll see that 1/2 a sec would make all the difference. At the moment and as could be seen in Wales the car is marginally slow/under-powered but not so slow/under-powered that on occasion the car can't achieve competitive times as it has done many times recently.

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Originally Posted by Doon

Any chance this was at marshal point 13? Thats where I was and they looked slow, but Meeke said he had an engine problem and was less powerful than usual on that stage.

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This was between junctions 17 and 18 :)

We did think that Kris's car didnt sound right, but also that the others looked slow too.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Apparently MINI will be doing ALL of 2012... Someone tweeted.. Looking for link

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That's interesting. Just hope that will be soon confirmed!

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Originally Posted by Allyc85

This was between junctions 17 and 18 :)

We did think that Kris's car didnt sound right, but also that the others looked slow too.

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Kris had an engine mounting broken so had to watch out for the vibration during Saturday 1st loop. Dani was not totally on it but got his mojo back on Sunday and the others were driven by Araujo, Oliveira and Nobre - 'nuff said! ;)

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Originally Posted by noel157

Look at the stages on the 6 events that Mini have entered where Meeke in particular is comfortable (with the surface and the stage) and the car is healthy and you'll see that 1/2 a sec would make all the difference. At the moment and as could be seen in Wales the car is marginally slow/under-powered but not so slow/under-powered that on occasion the car can't achieve competitive times as it has done many times recently.

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Μιni was slower on most stages at Wales even from client drivers with Fiesta .I measure the diff and was about 1 sec/km(0,7-1,3sec/km).There is no 0,5 sec/km.
That you said about the bold is not right.Because others are developing their cars too.Mini in Wales was slower than other gravel rallies was competing.
Mini in Italy, was way faster than Wales.Till now we haven t see progress from Mini.

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Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1

Apparently MINI will be doing ALL of 2012... Someone tweeted.. Looking for link

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Look at the GP week page nr 47 head of Mini motorsport confirms it. www.GPweek.com | F1 | WRC | MotoGP | GP | Grand prix | Formula One | News | Motorsport | Magazine | F1 Images | F1 Photos | F1 Pictures | Racing | Motor Racing |

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Originally Posted by bluuford

Look at the GP week page nr 47 head of Mini motorsport confirms it.

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He confirms that '' we have an agreement with Prodrive to run 2 cars for the whole season'' ;)
Also watch what he says about the engine...'' it is better to run(Prodrive) the engine development further,so you can balance your money better''

Its clear that bmw-mini doesn t want to spent further money at this project.
Prodrive must find sponsor if they want to compete.Thats what i understant from Mr Dirk Hollberg.

You are pessimist :-) This article is much more positive than all previous news.