Qatar World Rally Team

Qatar World Rally Team
Full nameQatar World Rally Team
BaseUnited Kingdom Cumbria, United Kingdom
Team principal(s)Malcolm Wilson
DriversNorway Mads Ostberg
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah
Finland Juho Hänninen
Belgium Thierry Neuville
Co-driversSweden Jonas Andersson
Italy Giovanni Bernacchini
Finland Tomi Tuominen
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
ChassisCitroën DS3 WRC (2012)
Ford Fiesta RS WRC (2013)
TyresMichelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut2012 Rally Sweden
Last event2013 Rally Argentina
Manufacturers' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0
Rally wins0

The Qatar World Rally Team is a Qatari World Rally Championship team, based in Cumbria, United Kingdom.

History

Qatar Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the 2013 Autosport Show

They made their debut at the 2012 Rally of Sweden, entering a single Citroën DS3 WRC for Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Giovanni Bernacchini.[1] Al-Attiyah was unable to contest the full season, owing to his qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the car was variously driven by Chris Atkinson in Finland,[2] Thierry Neuville in New Zealand and Italy,[3] and Hans Weijs, Jr. in Spain.[4]

On 26 November 2012, British based M-Sport announced a new partnership with the State of Qatar and that Mads Østberg and Nasser Al-Attiyah would be driving Ford Fiesta RS WRCs for the 2013 season.[5] The team expanded to include a third and a fourth car, submitting entries for Juho Hänninen and Thierry Neuville.[6][7]

WRC results

Year Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points WCC Points
2012 Citroën DS3 WRC 7 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah MON SWE
21 		MEX
6 		POR
4 		ARG
9 		GRE
Ret 		GER
8 		GBR
10 		FRA
Ret 		12th 28 6th 71
Belgium Thierry Neuville NZL
5 		ITA
18 		7th 53
Australia Chris Atkinson FIN
39 		13th 28
Netherlands Hans Weijs ESP
Ret 		- 0
2013 Ford Fiesta RS WRC 6 Finland Juho Hänninen MON
Ret 		15th 8 4th 184
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson SWE
27 		- 0
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah MEX
5 		POR
5 		ARG GRE
5 		GER
13 		AUS FRA ESP
Ret 		GBR
WD 		11th 30
United Kingdom Elfyn Evans ITA
6 		FIN - 0
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville MON
Ret 		SWE
5 		MEX
3 		POR
17 		ARG
5 		GRE
3 		ITA
2 		FIN
2 		GER
2 		AUS
2 		FRA
4 		ESP
4 		GBR
3 		2nd 176
15 Finland Juho Hänninen SWE
6 		MEX 15th 8
Netherlands Dennis Kuipers MON POR
Ret 		ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR - 0
23 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo MON SWE MEX POR ARG
11 		GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR - 0

See also

References

  1. ^ Fernandes, Anthony (12 December 2011). "Exclusive: Nasser Al Attiyah to race for Citroen in 2012 World Rally Championship". Sport360.com. Sport360°. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Draft Entry List – Neste Oil Rally Finland 2012" (PDF). 10 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Neuville in Qatar for New Zealand". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Entry List" (PDF). 18 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  5. ^ M-Sport confirm Østberg for 2013 Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Evans, David (1 December 2012). "Juho Hanninen set for M-Sport Ford WRC switch after Skoda exit". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Novikov and Neuville join Qatar M-Sport quartet for 2013". M-Sport.co.uk. Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
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