Qatar World Rally Team
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| Full name | Qatar World Rally Team |
|---|---|
| Base |  Cumbria, United Kingdom |
| Team principal(s) | Malcolm Wilson |
| Drivers |  Mads Ostberg Nasser Al-Attiyah Juho Hänninen Thierry Neuville |
| Co-drivers |  Jonas Andersson Giovanni Bernacchini Tomi Tuominen Nicolas Gilsoul |
| Chassis | Citroën DS3 WRC (2012) Ford Fiesta RS WRC (2013) |
| Tyres | Michelin |
| World Rally Championship history | |
| Debut | 2012 Rally Sweden |
| Last event | 2013 Rally Argentina |
| Manufacturers' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
The Qatar World Rally Team is a Qatari World Rally Championship team, based in Cumbria, United Kingdom.
History
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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
[edit]| 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 | Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
MON | SWE 21 |
MEX 6 |
POR 4 |
ARG 9 |
GRE Ret |
GER 8 |
GBR 10 |
FRA Ret |
12th | 28 | 6th | 71 | ||||
| Thierry Neuville
|
NZL 5 |
ITA 18 |
7th | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
 Chris Atkinson
|
FIN 39 |
13th | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
 Hans Weijs
|
ESP Ret |
- | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 6 | Juho Hänninen
|
MON Ret |
15th | 8 | 4th | 184 | ||||||||||||
| Matthew Wilson
|
SWE 27 |
- | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nasser Al-Attiyah
|
MEX 5 |
POR 5 |
ARG | GRE 5 |
GER 13 |
AUS | FRA | ESP Ret |
GBR WD |
11th | 30 | |||||||||
| Elfyn Evans
|
ITA 6 |
FIN | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 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 | Juho Hänninen
|
SWE 6 |
MEX | 15th | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Dennis Kuipers
|
MON | POR Ret |
ARG | GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | - | 0 | |||||||
| 23 |  Gabriel Pozzo
|
MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG 11 |
GRE | ITA | FIN | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | - | 0 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Entry List" (PDF). 18 October 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ M-Sport confirm Østberg for 2013 Archived 2012-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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- Team profile at WRC.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine