In practical terms, not very much. Prodrive will continue development of the Mini John Cooper Works WRC car for both the official entry and for additional privateer teams running customer cars in ...

Mini announced this afternoon it would end its works involvement in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) at the end of the 2012 season. In a statement, Dr Kay Segler, Senior Vice President Mini ...

BMW has confirmed a longstanding rumor with today’s announcement that Mini is heading back to international rallying with the Countryman WRC beginning in 2011. The Countryman WRC is being ...

Just as suddenly as it entered the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) after a decades-long hiatus in 2011, the BMW Group’s MINI brand is abandoning the sport. On Friday afternoon, the British ...

The decision to enter the Mini into the WRC was only possible because a few years ago BMW for once ignored history and set about producing a Mini for which there was no precedent, a big four-door ...

MINI’s first-ever World Rally Car will be based on the new Countryman production car and is being developed in partnership with Prodrive - the British firm which masterminded Subaru’s WRC ...

According to a report by Autosport, MINI failed to file the application paperwork necessary to compete in the 2012 WRC season, by yesterday’s published deadline. It’s believed that this was an ...

Mini has taken the wraps of its World Rally Championship (WRC) challenger at the Paris motor show. Based on the new Countryman model the compact SUV has been given a major makeover before it ...

The new MINI WRC, which will contest the FIA World Rally Championship from 2011, will receive its world premiere at this international motor show. In addition, Kris Meeke (GB) has been confirmed ...

Banbury's Mini WRC Team say they are just where they want to be after the opening day of the Neste Oil Rally Finland. Both the Prodrive-built cars are running with no problems. This evening Dani ...

The MINI Countryman WRC made a promising debut at Rally Sardinia It's been close to a year since MINI blew motorsport's worst kept secret by confirming its participation in the World Rally ...