Qatar World Rally Team

Qatar World Rally Team

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

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	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

• Ford World Rally Team
• Citroën World Rally Team
• Citroën Junior Team

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.

External links

• Team profile at WRC.com Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine