MINI To Drop Prodrive

Autosport is reporting that MINI is set terminate its relationship with Prodrive and take over the WRC team going forward. Here’s an excerpt from Autosport:

The BMW Group is expected to terminate its contract with Prodrive tomorrow, ending the Banbury firm’s involvement in the Mini World Rally Team – and casting doubt over the future of the programme.
AUTOSPORT’s sources have confirmed the decision to end the Anglo-German alliance. AUTOSPORT has been unable to get confirmation from BMW in Munich, but sources within the firm have confirmed the end is imminent for what has been a short and unhappy partnership.

You can read more at Autosport

That might mean the tour is in doubt ?!?!? Cos if it's terminated then they won't have minis...

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Originally Posted by Craig

That might mean the tour is in doubt ?!?!? Cos if it's terminated then they won't have minis...

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:argh:

Bloody Hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's all we need! :argh: :argh::ragin:

BMW to take over the running etc of the WRC minis themselves (inhouse, so to speak!!)

:laugh: bwah ha ha ha ha... don't make me laugh :laugh:

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Originally Posted by MINIme:)

:argh:

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Feeling your pain

Sad times really. The Mini had a great outing in Monte Carlo. Feel gutted for the guys on the tour also :thud:

Mini enters WRC. Screws up. The end.

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Apparently they may yet run it as a privateer team now, as the "official" team is a setup from Portugal running Prodrive customer cars. So no motivation for Prodrive to beat them at all then...

MINI have dropped Prodrive http://www.motoringfile.com/2012/02/...tory-wrc-team/ .Prodrive will still be running there own cars in the WRC