Brazil World Rally Team

The Brazil World Rally Team (or BWRT) is a Brazilian World Rally Championship team, based in Salvador, Brazil and Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria, that made their début in the 2011 season at the Rally de Portugal, round three of the 2011 season. They started with a Super 2000-spec Mini before switching to the Mini John Cooper Works WRC for their next round, the Rally d'Italia Sardegna. In 2012, at the Rally de Portugal, they switched to the Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The team has been registered as a WRC Team entry, and plans to add a second car to the lineup by 2013.

Brazil World Rally Team
Full nameBrazil World Rally Team
Base Salvador, Brazil
Groß-Enzersdorf, Austria
Team principal(s)Frank Allison Maciel
Drivers Daniel Oliveira[1]
Co-drivers Carlos Magalhaes[1]
ChassisFord Fiesta RS WRC
TyresMichelin
World Rally Championship career
Debut2011
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0
Rally wins0
Brazil World Rally Team at Rallye Deutschland

The Brazil World Rally Team has young Brazilian driver Daniel Oliveira along with his Portuguese co-driver Carlos Magalhães. The main goal for BWRT is to increase the popularity of rallying in Brazil. The reason for this is that Brazil has not had much success over the 38 years of the existence of the WRC. The country held two WRC events before in 1981 and 1982, won by Ari Vatanen and Michèle Mouton respectively. There have also been very few Brazilian rally drivers that have had any success, so Daniel Oliveira is considered a promise.

The Brazil World Rally Team started receiving technical and operational support from Prodrive in the United Kingdom, who develop the Mini WRC and S2000 cars, with respected team manager Paul Howarth and engineer Nick Navas heavily involved in the project. Brazil World Rally Team's president, Frank Allison Maciel, and manager, Paul Handal, also performed key roles. Since 2012, Oliveira's Ford Fiesta RS WRC is managed by Stohl Racing, owned by Manfred Stohl.

At the end of 2012 season, BWRT owns 28 points on the Manufacturers' Championship of 2012 World Rally Championship season.

WRC results
Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WDC Points WMC Points
2011 Brazil World Rally Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC 12 Daniel Oliveira ITA
29		 ARG
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 FIN
49		 GER
Ret		 AUS
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ESP
25		 GBR
35		 - 0 - -
Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T SWE MEX POR
Ret		 JOR
19
2012 Brazil World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC 9 Daniel Oliveira MON SWE MEX POR
12		 ARG
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 GER
23		 GBR FRA
Ret		 ITA ESP
16		 - 0 7th 28
Manfred Stohl NZL
10		 FIN 29th 1
2013 Stohl Racing Ford Fiesta RS WRC 22 Daniel Oliveira MON SWE MEX POR ARG
12		 GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR - 0 - -

References
  1. "Oliveira signs for new MINI powered Brazilian WRC team". wrc.com. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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