2012 World Rally Championship

2012 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Manufacturer:	Citroën
Season dates
Number of rallies:	13
<2011 season	2013 season>

The 2012 World Rally Championship season was the 40th FIA - World Rally Championship . It was held over 13 rallies from January 18th to November 4th. For the first time since the existence of the World Rally Championship, the FIA ​​has approved a title sponsor for this rally series. After the FIA signed a contract with the telecommunications company Nokia , the World Rally Championship will officially be called WRC powerd by Nokia from 2012 .

New regulations

Start order

From 2012 there will be new regulations on the starting order for gravel rallies. The World Cup leader is no longer necessarily the first to go on the often polluted routes. For drivers with priorities one and two, the last round of the shake down will be upgraded to qualify . The fastest driver can choose his starting position, followed by the next fastest drivers in descending order. The rest of the stage (s) is started in reverse order. In the case of gravel rallies, the 2-hour shake down will in future be called the free practice stage , during which the route can be traveled twice. From 2012, the qualification that has been completed once will be called the Qualifying Stage . In the asphalt rallies, the old shakedown system will remain and the world championship winner will start before the second - and so on.

Class-A1 and -A2

The new generation Super 2000 vehicles (class A1) equipped with 1600 cm³ turbo engines were not registered with the previous SWRC . From 2012 they can take part in the SWRC, provided they are equipped with a 30 mm air flow limiter . These can also start in the WRC class together with World Rally Cars , but then with a 33 mm air restrictor and the homologated WRC conversion kit. The FIA ​​reserves the right to change the size of the airflow limiter without notice.

SupeRally regulations

From 2012, the rally organizer will be free to choose whether to allow failed participants to start again the next day, in accordance with the SupeRally regulations .

Tire equipment

The official tire supplier for classes A-0 to A-2 has been Michelin since 2011 . From 2012 there will be a reduction from 48 to 35 tires used per rally and vehicle. The run-flat systems , which made it possible to continue driving at racing speed almost without restriction in the event of tire damage, remained banned. In snow rallies, some of which were held on asphalt (Monte Carlo), the participant was able to choose from three different types of tires. The studded tires are mounted on 18-inch rims from 2012.

Routing

From 2012, changing the road surface between two stages is prohibited. Asphalt tests are not allowed to have gravel passages, however asphalt tests are allowed in gravel rallies.

Changes in the teams

Works teams

Mini

The Mini- WRC team supported by Prodrive will start in 2012 as a registered factory team, also for points in the manufacturers' championship. Dani Sordo and Kris Meeke have already been selected as drivers of the Mini WRC . Since David Richards had problems with the financing of the project - he had Mini contractually confirm that Prodrive was solely responsible for the sponsorship issue - the team was restructured. Kris Meeke, who is under contract as a works driver, was not used in all World Championship races. The factory car with the traditional starting number 52 was partly left to a paydriver . At the Rallye Monte Carlo, the Frenchman Pierre Campana, supported by the FFSA , started in the second works car. In the Sweden Rally, Patrik Sandell (usually Sweden WRT) started as 2nd driver instead of Pierre Campana.

ford

The Ford factory team had announced that it would make a decision in October 2011 on whether or not to remain in the World Rally Championship. In mid-December it was announced that Ford would extend its future involvement in the World Rally Championship for a further two years. As Jari-Matti Latvala's new team-mate in the Ford World Rally Team , Petter Solberg was signed for a year.

Citroën

The Citroën Total World Rally Team started again this season with series world champion Sébastien Loeb at the wheel of the Citroën DS3 WRC . In November 2011 it was announced that Ogier's contract had been terminated. For the 2012 season, Citroën signed long-time Ford works driver Mikko Hirvonen as the new number 2 driver alongside Loeb. Citroën team boss Olivier Quesnel announced that three DS3 WRCs will be at the start from Rally Sweden . Nasser Al-Attiyah first took part in the Dakar Rally and then contested twelve rounds of the World Rally Championship.

Volkswagen

Partly as part of the SWRC, Volkswagen Motorsport prepared intensively during the 2012 World Rally Championship for full World Championship entry from 2013. It was planned to take part in all World Championship races , as in 2011 with the Škoda Fabia S2000 , which shares the same floor pan, gearbox, differentials and drivetrain with the Polo . The experiences that VW gained should flow directly into the further development of the VW Polo R WRC , which was officially presented at the 2011 IAA . Two-time rally world champion Carlos Sainz and VW test driver Dieter Depping completed the first test drives in the vineyards around Trier in preparation for entering the WRC at the beginning of November 2011 . Sébastien Ogier was the first works driver to be signed for the next three years.

proton

With Proton , the fifth works team had registered for the World Rally Championship. The team using the Proton Satria Neo S2000 started in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2011 , finished the IRC works there and will take part in seven races of the S2000 World Championship as part of the World Rally Championship with Alister McRae and Per-Gunnar Andersson , in addition, the Scot McRae should defend his title in the Asia-Pacific Championship (APRC). The European rally champion Giandomenico Basso should be used in SWRC asphalt runs and drive the development of the Satria. For Andersson and Basso, the season began in January at the Monte Carlo Rally.

vehicles

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  Citroën DS3 WRC

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  Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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  Mini WRC

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  Škoda Fabia

Private teams

Czech Ford National Team

As the first privateer, Martin Prokop has announced that he wants to compete in the 2012 World Rally Championship in a Ford Fiesta World Rally Car . Ten participations were planned within Europe.

PH Sports

The former supporters of Loeb, Dominique Heintz and Bernard Piallat, from the PH Sport team started the Rallye Monte Carlo with two DS3 WRCs in the World Rally Championship. In 2012, the young Belgian talent Thierry Neuville was given the chance to prove himself in the World Rally Championship. His vehicle started under the team name Citroën Junior Team . Nine to ten starts were planned, in New Zealand no participation was planned. Thanks to his good results, Neuville was also given the opportunity to compete in the World Rally Championship races in Italy and Spain. It was also planned to use the Dutch Peter van Merksteijn senior and Peter van Merksteijn junior irregularly and alternately as the second driver of the team . Their DS3 then appeared on the entry list as Van Merksteijn Motorsport .

M-Sport

M-Sport continued the customer team program in the WRC this year, albeit without the support of Stobart. François Delecour , Yevgeny Novikov and Ott Tänak started for this team at the Monte Carlo Rally . From the Rally Sweden, the European champion Michał Sołowow took over the cockpit from Delecour .

Ice 1 Racing

Kimi Raikkonen ended his involvement in the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2011 season in order to return to Formula 1 with Lotus in 2012 .

Adapta

Mads Østberg was to take part in 11 rally world championship races with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC. The Norwegian completed his first race of the season at the Rally Sweden. In New Zealand it did not start due to the enormous transport costs. The 24-year-old Norwegian Eyvind Brynildsen was brought into the team as the second driver in the service of the Østberg clan.

Sweden World Rally Team

The Sweden WRT, founded in 2012 by former Swedish rally greats such as Stig Blomqvist and Thomas Rådström , Jan Pettersson , Leif Asterhag and Staffan Parmander , chose Patrik Sandell as its youngster for the next three years. Together with his co-driver Staffan Paramander, he competed in the Mini WRC in 2012.

Go Fast Energy WRT

The Go Fast Energy WRT Team took part in all 13 rallies. Until after the shake down to the Monte Carlo Rally, this was unclear due to financial difficulties; in the end, Matthew Wilson and Henning Solberg drove the team's Ford Fiesta WRC.

Eljas Motorsport

The Swedish touring car star Richard Göransson drove a Mini JCW WRC for the team from the Sweden Rally.

Palmeirinha Rally

The Brazilian Paulo Nobre took part in a customer mini from the Monte Carlo Rally.

Armindo Araujo WRT

Armindo Araujo founded his own team and, like Paulo Nobre, started in a Prodrive customer car.

Monster Ford WRT

Ken Block only started three rallies this year. He started the season in Mexico, and then drove to New Zealand and Finland. At the Rally Mexico, Christopher Atkinson made his comeback; he also started in a Ford Fiesta for the Monster Team.

Others

Julien Maurin took part in the Monte Carlo Rally with a Ford Fiesta WRC. Jari Ketomaa took over this vehicle from the Rally Sweden .

Teams and drivers

brand	team	driver	Co-driver	Rallies
Factory teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points
Citroën ( Citroën DS3 WRC )	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	3-6, 8-11
	Citroën Total World Rally Team	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
		Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
	Qatar World Rally Team	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	2-6, 9-11
		Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	7, 12
		Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	8th
		Hans Weijs Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	13
Ford ( Ford Fiesta RS WRC )	Adapta World Rally Team	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	3, 5, 8-11, 13
	Brazil World Rally Team	Daniel Oliveira	Carlos Magalhães	4-6, 9, 11, 13
		Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	7th
	Ford World Rally Team	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	All
		Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	1-4, 6-13
		Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	5
	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	All
		Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	1-8
			Nicolas Klinger	9
			Ilka Minor	10-12
		John Powell	Michael Fennell	13
Mini (Mini John Cooper Works WRC)	Armindo Araújo World Rally Team	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	1
	Mini WRC team	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	1
		Pierre Campana	Sabrina de Castelli	1
	Paulo Nobre Palmeirinha Rally	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	1
	WRC Team Mini Portugal			2-13
		Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	2-8
		Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	9-10, 12
			Glenn MacNeall	11, 13
Teams without notification of manufacturer points
Citroën ( Citroën DS3 WRC )	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	1-2, 13th
	Collectif Equipe de France rally	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	11
	Luca Pedersoli	Luca Pedersoli	Matteo Romano	12
	Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Peter van Merksteijn Sr.	Eddy Chevaillier	1
		Peter van Merksteijn Jr.		2, 4, 9
Ford ( Ford Fiesta RS WRC )	Adapta World Rally Team	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	2, 4, 6, 12
		Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	2
	AT rally	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	8th
	Autotek Motorsport	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	2, 4, 7-8
		Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	5
			Michal Ernst	13
		Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	13
		Spyros Pavlides	Nicolas Klinger	6th
	Czech Ford National Team	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	1-2, 4, 6, 8-11
				12
	Dream Team Ukraine	Oleksiy Tamrazov	Oleksandr Gorbyk	6th
	Go Fast Energy World Rally Team	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	1-2
		Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	1
	Matti Rantanen	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	8th
	M-Sport	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	3
	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	1
		Michał Sołowow	Maciej Baran	2
		Dennis Kuipers	Robin Buysmans	4th
		Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	10
		Jannie Habig	Robbie Durant	10
	Monster World Rally Team	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	3, 7-8
		Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	3
	Team Emap Yacco	Julien Maurin	Olivier Ural	1
			Nicolas Klinger	11
Mini (Mini John Cooper Works WRC)	Eliseo Salazar Motorsports	Eliseo Salazar	Marc Martí	5
	Eljas Motorsport	Richard Göransson	Not so Fredriksson	2
	Mini WRC team Prodrive WRC Team	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13
		Patrik Sandel	Staffan Parmander	2
			Maria Andersson	4th
		Jarkko Nikara	Jarkko Kalliolepo	13
	Romain Dumas	Romain Dumas	Matthieu Baumel	11
	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Nicola Arena	6th
			Killian Duffy	13
	TOK Sport	Riku Tahko	Markus Soininen	8th
	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Guy Leveneu	11
Škoda ( Škoda Fabia S2000)	Volkswagen Motorsport	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1-6, 8-13
		Kevin Abbring	Lara Vanneste	1
			Frédéric Miclotte	3-4, 10th
		Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	2, 5-6, 8-9, 11-13
		Sepp Wiegand	Timo Gottschalk	9

Changes in the racing calendar

The Monte Carlo Rally , which was part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) from 2009 to 2011 , took place again in 2012 as part of the World Rally Championship. It started on Tuesday, January 17th with the shake down and ended after 6 days, 17 special stages over 433 km and a total distance of 1246 km on Sunday, January 22nd. This event replaced the Jordan rally that was held in April last year .

As part of the Rally Sweden , which took place from February 9th to 12th, six cross-border special stages of the Rally Norway were driven for the first time . In four days, 24 special stages over 360 km were completed. The total length was 1874 km.

According to the FIA ​​World Rally Championship rotation principle, the 2012 Rally Australia was replaced by the Rally New Zealand . The Rally Great Britain took place in late summer 2012. The Rally Sardinia was replaced by the Targa Florio Rally in Sicily and, together with the Rally Catalonia, moved towards the end of the world championship calendar.

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.

colour Underground gold gravel silver asphalt blue Ice / snow bronze Mixed

rally	rank	driver	vehicle	total time	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rally Monte Carlo 17th - 22nd January 2012 → Main article : Rallye Monte Carlo 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 32: 39.9	18th	433.36 km	82	54
	2.	Dani Sordo	Mini Cooper WRC	+ 2: 45.5
	3.	Petter Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 3: 14.2
Rally Sweden 9-12 February 2012 → Main article : Rally Sweden 2012	1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 18: 28.3	24	349.16 km	50	42
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 16.6
	3.	Mads Østberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 0: 38.8
Rally Mexico 8-11 March 2012 → Main article : Rally Mexico 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 15: 32.7	24 2 canceled	408.50 km 382.60 km	27	19th
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 42.4
	3.	Petter Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 2: 11.4
Rally Portugal March 29th – 1st April 2012 → Main article : Rally Portugal 2012	1.	Mads Østberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 21: 16.1	22 3 canceled	434.77 km 368.43 km	49	30th
	2.	Yevgeny Novikov	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1: 33.2
	3.	Petter Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1: 55.6
Rally Argentina 27.-29. April 2012 → Main article : Rally Argentina 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	5: 34: 38.8	19th	502.73 km	42	27
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 15.2
	3.	Mads Østberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 3: 10.4
Rally Greece 24.-27. May 2012 → Main article : Rally Greece 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 42: 03.3	22nd	409.47 km	54	32
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 40.0
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 3: 04.8
Rally New Zealand 22.-24. June 2012 → Main article : Rally New Zealand 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 04: 51.2	22nd	393.3 km	41	35
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 29.6
	3.	Petter Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1: 36.4
Rally Finland 2nd - 4th August 2012 → Main article : Rally Finland 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 28: 11.4	18th	303.52 km	81	53
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 06.1
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 0: 35.0
Rally Germany 24.-26. August 2012 → Main article : Rally Germany 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 41: 52.0	15th	368.00 km	71	40
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 2: 00.0
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 2: 31.3
Rally Great Britain 14.-16. September 2012 → Main article : Rally Great Britain 2012	1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 03: 40.3	19th	324.92 km	31	29
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 27.8
	3.	Petter Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 0: 28.7
Rally France 4th-7th October 2012 → Main article : Rally France 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 32: 53.0	22 1 canceled	404.14 km 393.39 km	69	45
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 0: 15.5
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+ 0: 44.1
Rally Italy 18. – 21. October 2012 → Main article : Rally Italy 2012	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 23: 54.9	16	305.80 km	41	32
	2.	Yevgeny Novikov	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+1: 20.6
	3.	Ott Tanak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 2: 21.1
Rally de Catalunya 8th-11th November 2012 → Main article : Rally Catalonia 2012	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 14: 29.1	18th	405.46	41	32
	2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	+ 0: 07.0
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Citroën DS3 WRC	+1: 46.8

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	Points
01	Sébastien Loeb	1 1	6 1	1 2	DNF	1	1 1	1 3	1 3	1 1	2 2	1	DNF	1 3	270
02	Mikko Hirvonen	4 2	2	2	DSQ	2 2	2 3	2	2 1	3 2	5 1	3	1	3	213
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	DNF	1 3	DNF	13 2		3 2	7 1	3	2	1 3	2	12 2	2 1	154
04th	Mads Østberg		3	4 3	1	3	4th		5	4th	4th	5 3	4th	4th	149
05	Petter Solberg	3	4 2	3 1	3	6 1	DNF	3 2	4 2	11	3	26th	9 1	11	124
06th	Yevgeny Novikov	5 3	5	DNF	2	8th	DNF	4th	36	DNF	6th	7th	2	10	88
07th	Thierry Neuville	DNF	12	13	8th	5	6th	5	16	12	7th	4 2	12 3	12	53
08th	Ott Tanak	8th	DNF	5	14 3	10	9	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	6 1	3	DNF	52
09	Martin Prokop	9	9		5	4th	5		9	DNF	9	9	8th	13	46
10	Sébastien Ogier	DNF	11	8th	7th	7th	7th		10	6th	12	11	5	DNF	41
11	Dani Sordo	2	DNF		11 1	DNF		6th		9		DNF		9 2	35
12	Nasser Al-Attiyah		21st	6th	4th	9 3	DNF			8th	10	DNF			28
13	Chris Atkinson			DNF					39	5	11	8th	6th	7th	28
14th	Andreas Mikkelsen		13			DNF	DNF		27	7 3		12	7th	21st	13
15th	Armindo Araújo	10	15th	7th	15th	DNF	11	8th	15th						11
16	Jarkko Nikara								13					5	10
17th	François Delecour	6th													8th
18th	Dennis Kuipers				6th										8th
19th	Craig Breen	14th	16		DNF				DNF			17th		6th	8th
20th	Henning Solberg	13	7th												6th
21st	Pierre Campana	7th													6th
22nd	Jari Ketomaa		DNF		9			11	8th						6th
23	Matti Rantanen								7th						6th
24	Patrik Sandell		8th		DNF										4th
25th	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		24		DNF		8th	28	17th	DNF	16	18th		15th	4th
26th	Ken Block			9				9	DNF						4th
27	Matthew Wilson	18th										8th			4th
28	Per-Gunnar Andersson	DNF	14th					23	11			24		8th	4th
29	Eyvind Brynildsen		10												1
30th	Ricardo Trivino			10	26th	DNF	16	19th		22nd		28	22nd	35	1
31	Peter van Merksteijn jr.				10					DNF					1
32	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari						10							14th	1
33	Manfred Stohl							10							1
34	Mathieu Arzeno	DNF								10	18th	DNF			1
35	Sebastien Chardonnet	DNF			25th		28		33	15th	19th	10			1
36	Luca Pedersoli												10		1
rank	driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	1	1	5	1	DNF	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	DNF	1	453
		2	4th	2	2	EX	2	2	2	2	3	5	3	1	3
2	Ford World Rally Team	3	DNF	1	DNF	6th	DNF	3	6th	3	2	1	2	5	2	309
		4th	3	3	3	2	5	DNF	3	4th	6th	3	8th	4th	5
3	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	5	7th	DNF	5	7th	8th	5	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	6th	3	DNF	170
		6th	5	4th	DNF	1	6th	DNF	4th	8th	DNF	6th	7th	2	DNF
4th	Adapta World Rally Team	10			4th		3			5	4th	4th	5		4th	83
5	Citroën Junior World Rally Team	8th			7th	4th	4th	4th		7th	7th	7th	4th			72
6th	Qatar World Rally Team	7th		6th	6th	3	7th	DNF	5	9	5	8th	DNF	6th	DNF	71
7th	Brazil World Rally Team	9				5	DNF	DNF	7th		8th		DNF		6th	28
8th	Mini WRC team	37	2													26th
		52	6th
-	Armindo Araújo World Rally Team	12	8th													0
-	Palmeirinha Rally	14th	9													0
rank	team	No.	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP	Points

The Armindo Araújo World Rally Team and Palmeirinha Rally have merged to form the WRC Team Mini Portugal. The points that they scored in the Monte Carlo Rally were deleted from the manufacturers' classification.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New from 2012: Shakedown becomes qualification (Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed on September 19, 2011)
2. ↑ FIA confirms qualifying ( memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.com of September 23, 2011, accessed on September 23, 2011) 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Further changes from 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.com of September 23, 2011, accessed on September 23, 2011) 
4. ↑ Campana replaces Meeke ( memento of the original from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-magazin.de, accessed on December 28, 2011) 
5. ↑ Ford: Decision in October  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, accessed on September 19, 2011)  
6. ↑ Solberg returns to Ford ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, accessed on December 15, 2011) 
7. ↑ Hirvonen replaces Ogier at Citroen (wrc.com on November 16, 2011)
8. ↑ Al-Attiyah with Citroën cockpit ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de on December 16, 2011) 
9. ↑ VW relies on Skoda in 2012 ( memento of the original from October 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, accessed on September 21, 2011) 
10. ↑ Ogier changes to Volkswagen ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, from November 23, 2011, accessed on November 23, 2011) 
11. ↑ Proton joins the SWRC ( memento of the original from January 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, November 21, 2011, accessed December 21, 2011) 
12. ↑ "Prokop confirms World Cup program" ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, from November 22, 2011, accessed on November 22, 2011) 
13. ↑ 89 Starter at Monte ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, from December 27, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2012) 
14. ↑ "Raikkonen leaves the World Rally Championship" ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, November 29, 2011, accessed November 29, 2011) 
15. ↑ Østberg remains loyal to Ford ( memento of the original from January 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, from January 6, 2012, accessed on January 7, 2012) 
16. ↑ Østberg-Clan gets reinforcements ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, from January 25, 2012, accessed on January 26, 2012) 
17. ↑ Sandell starts in the Mini WRC ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, January 9, 2012, accessed January 9, 2012) 
18. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Rallye-Magazin.de, January 18, 2012, accessed January 22, 2012) 
19. ^ Tough route for Monte Carlo season-opener (wrc.com, accessed September 23, 2011)
20. ↑ Rally Sweden Rally Guide 2012 (rallysweden.com, accessed on September 23, 2012; PDF; 3.0 MB)
21. ↑ WRC calendar 2012, as of September 2011 (Rallye-Magazin.de, accessed on September 19, 2011)
22. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2012 , February 8, 2015