Qatar World Rally Team

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

Qatar World Rally Team
Full nameQatar 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
ChassisCitroën DS3 WRC (2012)
Ford Fiesta RS WRC (2013)
TyresMichelin
World Rally Championship career
Debut2012
Constructors' Championships0
Drivers' Championships0
Rally wins0

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

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. 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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