Lotos Team WRC

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Lotos Team WRC
Full nameLotos Team WRC
Team principal(s) Flag of Italy.svg Bruno di Pianto
Drivers Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kościuszko
Co-drivers Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Szczepaniak
Chassis Mini John Cooper Works WRC
Ford Fiesta WRC
Tyres Michelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut 2013
Manufacturers' Championships 0
Drivers' Championships 0
Rally wins0

The Lotos Team WRC is a Polish motor racing team that made its debut in the World Rally Championship at the 2013 Rallye Monte Carlo. [1]

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Competition history

2013 season

Lotos Team WRC: Michal Kosciuszko and Maciej Szczepaniak in Cologne, August 2013 ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2013 - Fahrerprasentation auf dem Roncalliplatz-4698.jpg
Lotos Team WRC: Michał Kościuszko and Maciej Szczepaniak in Cologne, August 2013

The team was formed by Motorsport Italia team manager Bruno di Pianto from the remains of the WRC Team Mini Portugal [2] (which closed at the end of the 2012 season) [3] with the support of Polish oil conglomerate Grupa Lotos. The team was scheduled to contest the 2013 season with a Mini John Cooper Works WRC driven by Polish driver and 2012 Production Car World Championship runner-up Michał Kościuszko. [1] However, the team abandoned the Mini John Cooper Works WRC halfway through the season and withdrew their entry from the Acropolis Rally to focus on changing to the Ford Fiesta RS WRC, making their debut with the new car at the Rally d'Italia in Sardinia. [4]

Although the team was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as a manufacturer team for the 2013 season, only the team's best eight results from thirteen rallies will be counted towards the team's final points tally. [5] Ultimately, the team only contested seven rounds of the championship; after competing in Sardinia, Kościuszko skipped Rally Finland before returning for Rallye Deutschland in what would be his final appearance during the 2013 season.

The team finished the season in eighth and last place, with twenty points and a best finish of seventh place in the Rally d'Italia.

Complete WRC results

YearCarDriver
Co-driver
RoundsWDCPointsWMCPoints
12345678910111213
2013 Mini John Cooper Works WRC Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kościuszko
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Szczepaniak
MON
10
SWE
14
MEX
Ret
POR
Ret
ARG
Ret
GRE
WD
18th78th20 1
Ford Fiesta RS WRC ITA
7
FIN GER
Ret
AUS FRA ESP GBR

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