There was a fair bit of hullabaloo two years ago when Mini announced a return to the World Rally Championship for this season, but the road to making that happen has been as rocky as a gravel stage.

In practical terms, not very much. Prodrive will continue development of the Mini John Cooper Works WRC car for both the official entry and for additional privateer teams running customer cars in ...

Henry Catchpole was the first UK journalist to be allowed to drive the new Mini Countryman WRC car and this is a short video of his rather enjoyable afternoon. The test track was Prodrive’s ...

Last month Mini and Prodrive unveiled the latest version of their WRC car in Monaco the day after the end of the Mote Carlo Historique rally. There was an original Mini taking part in the rally ...

The original Cooper was extremely popular in the early days of the sport, and modern Mini entered the WRC—albeit briefly—in 2011 with the Countryman. Instead of something with hill-descent ...