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2012 Rally México
The 2012 Rally México was the third round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 8 and 11 March 2012. Results Event standings *This team does not score points in the PWRC championship. Special stages Power Stage The "Power stage" was a stage at the end of the rally. Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Notes: *1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage. Manufacturers' championship Notes: *† — The Mini WRC Team lost its manufacturer status in February when parent company BMW withdrew works support from the team, demoting them to customer team status. The team kept the points it scored on Rallye Monte Carlo although it was no longer classified as a manufacturer entrant. They were replaced by the WRC Team Mini Portugal as the official Mini works team. *‡ — Armindo Araújo World R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 World Rally Championship Season
The 2012 World Rally Championship was the 40th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rallies, beginning with 2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Monte Carlo Rally on 17 January, and ending on 11 November with 2012 Rally Catalunya, Rally Catalunya. Sébastien Loeb won the drivers' championship for the ninth time in his career, ahead of Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala. Citroën World Rally Team, Citroën won the manufacturers' championship. Calendar The 2012 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. The 2012 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Singapore on 26 September 2011. Calendar changes * Early plans to run the Rally Argentina over an "endurance" format with stages in neighbouring Uruguay and Chile were abandoned in favour of a new route which featured over of competitive stages and made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabd allāh al-ʿaṭiyyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was the 2006 Production World Rally Champion, 2014 and 2015 WRC-2 champion, an 18 time Middle East Rally Champion, a five-time FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies champion, a three-time World Rally-Raid Champion, and a five-time (2011, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023) Dakar Rally winner. His five victories in the Dakar Rally make him the only Middle Easterner and West Asian to win the competition more than once. In shooting, Al-Attiyah won the bronze medal in the men's skeet event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Career Rallying Having been inspired to start racing by Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart's book ''Winning Is Not Enough'', Al-Attiyah started competing in the Middle East Rally Championship in 2003, where he claimed 65 race wins and 13 titles. He drove a Subaru Impreza unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja Rozada
Borja Rozada (born 16 September 1981) is a Spanish rally co-driver. He is partnered with Dani Sordo for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship category. Rally career Rozada made his WRC debut at the 2007 Rally de Portugal. His best result alongside Mexican driver Benito Guerra was the 6th place in 2014 Rally Mexico. On 28 December 2020, three-time rally winner Dani Sordo announced Rozada as his new co-driver, replacing compatriot Carlos del Barrio Carlos del Barrio (born 15 August 1968) is a Spanish rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Dani Sordo and is competing for Hyundai in the World Rally Championship. Rally career Carlos del Barrio began his rally career in 1991, co-drivin .... Rally results WRC results References External links Borja Rozadas e-wrc profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Rozada, Borja 1981 births Living people Spanish rally co-drivers World Rally Championship co-drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Guerra
Benito Iván Guerra Latapí (born 25 March 1985) is a Mexican rally driver competing for Citroën Racing, a privateer team in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2013, with his co-driver Borja Rozada. In 2012 he won the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) and became a World Champion. Personal life His father is Benito Guerra Sr., a vintage racing driver like La Carrera Panamericana and Notary public in Mexico City, his mother is Mercedes Guerra (née Latapí), a CPA. Benito has a younger sister named Mercedes, a fan of motorsport. Career 2006 – 2010 Guerra Jr. made his World Rally Championship debut on his home event Rally Mexico in 2006, finishing the event in 26th. In 2007 he started both Rally Mexico and Rally Argentina, but retired from both with mechanical problems. He finished 14th on the 2008 Rally México, winning the Group N category. In 2009 he won the Spanish Production title, winning the Spanish gravel title outright in 2010. He finished 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Triviño
Ricardo Triviño (born 15 February 1973) is a Mexican rally driver and multiple champion of NACAM Rally Championship. In 2011 Triviño and his co-driver Marco Hernández got the first overall in La Carrera Panamericana in a Studebaker just 4.5 seconds ahead from the American driver Douglas Mockett. Triviño competed in the 2012 season in PWRC The FIA Production car World Rally Championship, or PWRC, was a companion rally series to the World Rally Championship, contested mainly by Group N rally cars. History The series started in 1987 as ''FIA Cup for Production Rally Drivers'' and o ... category, he finished in 7th place with 52 points. Racing record Complete WRC results * Season still in progress. PWRC results WRC-2 results WRC-3 results ReferenceseWRC {{DEFAULTSORT:Trivino, Ricardo Living people Mexican rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers 1973 births Carrera Panamericana drivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gelsomino
Alessandro Gelsomino (born 22 March 1973) is an Italian rally co-driver. Born in Palermo, he is best known of his 17-year association with American Ken Block Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional Rallying, rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoe ... in rallying from 2005 until his death in 2023. He is married to fellow co-driver Rhianon Gelsomino, sister of Australian rally driver Brendan Reeves. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gelsomino, Alex Italian rally co-drivers 1973 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Block
Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional Rallying, rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team. Block was also one of the co-founders of DC Shoes. He also competed in many action sports events, including skateboarding, snowboarding, and motocross. After selling his ownership of DC Shoes, Block shifted his business focus to Hoonigan Industries, an apparel brand for auto enthusiasts. He was the co-owner and "Head Hoonigan In Charge" (HHIC) at the company before his death in a snowmobile accident in January 2023. His daughter Lia Block is also a racing driver now. Rallying 2005 In 2005, Block began his National rallying career with the Vermont SportsCar team. Vermont SportsCar prepared a 2005 Subaru WRX STi for Block to compete. His first event of the rallying season was Sno*Drift, where he ended up finishing seventh overall and fifth in the Group N class. During the 2005 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skoda Fabia S2000
Škoda means "pity" in the Czech and Slovak languages. It may also refer to: Czech brands and enterprises * Škoda Auto, automobile and previously bicycle manufacturer in Mladá Boleslav ** Škoda Motorsport, the division of Škoda Auto responsible for motorsport activities * Škoda Transportation, engineering company that manufactures rail vehicles, based in Plzeň * Škoda Works, engineering company, predecessor of Škoda Transportation * Škoda-Kauba, aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of the Škoda Works in occupied Czechoslovakia in World War II * Doosan Škoda Power, subsidiary of the Doosan Group, based in Plzeň People * Škoda (surname) * Skoda (Portuguese footballer) (born 1960) Art * ''Škoda lásky'', the original Czech title of the "Beer Barrel Polka" Other * British Rail Class 90, an electric locomotive nicknamed Skoda * ''Skoda'' (barquentine), sailing vessel built in Kingsport, Nova Scotia, in 1893 * Skoda Xanthi F.C., former name of the Greek football club Xan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Ingrassia
Julien Ingrassia (born 26 November 1979) is a retired French people, French rally (sports), rally co-driver. Working with Sébastien Ogier, he became World Rally Champion in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 with Volkswagen Motorsport, 2017 World Rally Championship, 2017 and 2018 World Rally Championship, 2018 with M-Sport World Rally Team, and in 2020 World Rally Championship, 2020 and 2021 World Rally Championship, 2021 with Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT. Career While starting his professional life as a salesman, Julien Ingrassia discovered rallying and made his debut as a codriver in 2002 in France's Critérium des Cévennes. For several years, he gained experience in regional rallies, and then competed in the Peugeot 206 Cup in 2004. At the end of 2005, he attended the Rallye Jeunes selection organised by the French Federation and discovered Sébastien Ogier, winner that year. They teamed up for the 2006 season in the Rallye Jeunes FFSA team and Julien codrived Sébastien for his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Ogier
Sébastien Eugène Emile Ogier (; born 17 December 1983) is a French Rallying, rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He is currently teamed with co-driver Vincent Landais. He has won 8 List of World Rally Championship Drivers' champions, World Rally Drivers' Championship including 6 consecutive titles from 2013 World Rally Championship, 2013 to 2018 World Rally Championship, 2018, and in 2020 World Rally Championship, 2020, and 2021 World Rally Championship, 2021, and is the 2nd most successful WRC driver after Sébastien Loeb (9 titles). He has achieved 64 rally victories and is one of the only two drivers (with Juha Kankkunen) to have won the World Championship with 3 different manufacturers. He holds various WRC records including the most drivers' championship points overall, biggest points gap with the championship runner-up, most stage victories and points in a single season. Ogier started his rally career in France in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini John Cooper Works WRC
The Mini John Cooper Works WRC is a World Rally Car debuted by the Mini WRC Team during the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It is the first rally car to bear the Mini label in top-level rallying since the 1960s. The car was entered in a limited campaign for 2011, with a view to a complete championship from 2012 and was run by Prodrive, who previously had success with the Subaru Impreza WRC. The WRC is based on the Mini Countryman and features a direct-injection 1.6 L turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine. The WRC's engine was developed by BMW Motorsport for use in a variety of motorsport series, including the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Accolades Wins * 2011 Rallye Mont-Blanc ( Pierre Campana) * 2012 Tour de Corse ( Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2012 Qatar International Rally ( Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari and Killian Duffy) (with S2000 1.6T) * 2012 Lurgan Park Rally ( Kris Meeke and Gerry McVeigh) * 2013 Spanish Rally Championship ( L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
