WRCcrazy: Teams

Aswell as the drivers in the Championship the teams they belong to also compete for the manufacturer title

The teams currently in the WRC that we see on a regular basis are....

The Citroen Total World Rally Team

The Citroen WRT are currently leading the manufacturers championship with two drivers Sebastien Loeb, Co-Driven by Daniel Elena and Sebastien Ogier Co-Driven by Julien Ingrassia
Management

Olivier Quesnel team director
Xavier Mestelan-Pinon technical director

The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

Currently second in the team championship with two drivers, Mikko Hirvonen Co-driven by Jarmo Letinen and Jari-Matti Latvala Co driven by Mikka Antilla.
Management

Gerard Quinn senior manager motorsport Ford of Europe
Malcolm Wilson team director
Christian Loriaux technical director

The M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team

Currently third in the championship the M-sport Stobart team have three drivers

Henning Solberg Co driven by Ilka Minor

Matthew Wilson Co driven by Scott Martin

Mads Ostberg Co driven by J.Andersson

The team's principal is Malcolm Wilson

The Petter Solberg World Rally Team

Petter Solberg WRT is a private team with just 1 driver, the boss himself Petter Solberg Co driven by Chris Patterson.

The team manager-Ken Rees

PS Engineering

Francois Xavier DEMAISON

Team owners-Petter Solberg and his wife Pernilla Solberg

The Ice-1 Racing Team

Ice 1 Racing is one of the WRC teams based at Citroen Racing with one driver, finnish former formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen Co driven by Kaj Lindstrom.

Team principal(s)	Benoit Nogier

Monster World Rally Team

A WRC team formed by its driver You Tube Legend Ken Block, Co driven by Alex Gelsomino.
The team currently runs one Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Team Principal- Malcom Wilson.

FERM Power Tools World Rally Team

A Dutch Team run in connection with Ford WRT. The team has one driver Dennis Kuipers Co driven by Frederic Miclotte.
Team Principal-Malcom Wilson

Petter Solberg Website Day 1 Rally Australia 2011

OFFICIAL NEWS: End of day 1 Petter and Chris are third at the end of a challenging day one of Rally Australia. Petter and Chris are third overall after heavy rain made day one of Rally Australia a difficult challenge for everyone. After taking the lead from his team-mate Sebastien Ogier with a fastest time on SS3, Citroën’s Sebastien Loeb then rolled and retired 1.2kms into SS4. Petter and Chris set the fastest time through this stage and moved up to third overall behind leader Ogier and Ford’s Mikko Hirvonen. SS5 saw a high-speed spin for Petter allowing Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala to take third overall after winning the stage, while the next stage, SS6, the second run through Shipmans brought another retirement for Citroën as Ogier hit a tree and retired 1km later. Evgeny Novikov was to retire after hitting a rock on SS7 as Hirvonen extended his rally lead over his team-mate. Peter van Merksteijn Jr had also been forced to retire after two punctures with only one available spare. - I am very happy with the performance today, says Petter Solberg. – The conditions have been very challenging, I don’t think I have ever seen such muddy conditions. Had a couple of spins today, and lost time, but luckily I’m still here! The car has worked perfectly but we still need some more experience to find the correct set-up for these kinds of muddy conditions. Hopefully it will dry up for tomorrow, and that gives us a good road position. We are not far behind, so we still have a fair chance! Mikko Hirvonen is the overnight leader on day one of Rally Australia, followed by his Ford team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. Petter and Chris finish the day in third place ahead of Henning Solberg in fourth. Rally Australia continues with ten stages on Saturday. First car is on the road from 0833 local time. Overall classification day 1: 1. Hirvonen, Ford 2. Latvala, Ford +7,0 3. Petter, Citroën +44,3 4. Henning, Ford +2.26,9 5. Wilson, Ford, +3.03,1 6. Al Qassimi, Ford +4.47,3 7. Paddon, Subaru +5.19,7