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Lotos Team WRC

Full name	Lotos Team WRC
Team principal(s)	Bruno di Pianto
Drivers	Michał Kościuszko
Co-drivers	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 wins	0

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.

Competition history

2013 season

The team was formed by Motorsport Italia team manager Bruno di Pianto from the remains of the WRC Team Mini Portugal (which closed at the end of the 2012 season) 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. 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.

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. 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

Year	Car	Driver Co-driver	Rounds													WDC	Points	WMC	Points
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2013	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak	MON 10	SWE 14	MEX Ret	POR Ret	ARG Ret	GRE WD								18th	7	8th	20
	Ford Fiesta RS WRC								ITA 7	FIN	GER Ret	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR

Notes:

• ^1 — Although the team is recognised by the FIA as a manufacturer team, only the best eight results from thirteen rallies were counted towards the team's final points tally.

References

1. ^ "81e Rallye Monte Carlo 2013 List of entries in seeded order" (PDF). rallylink.it. Monte Carlo Rally. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
2. "Caution: Mini WRC coming through". minimotorsport.com. Mini. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
3. "81e Rallye Monte Carlo 2013 Entry List" (PDF). rallye-magazin.de. Monte Carlo Rally. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. "Kosciuszko ditches Mini for M-Sport Fiesta". WRC.com. WRC.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
5. ^ "2013 FIA World Rally Championship For Manufacturers — List of Entrants". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.

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• Italian auto racing teams
• Auto racing teams established in 2013