The
FIA published the final list of entrants for the 2012
FIA World Rally Championship today.
Eight teams are included, although while WRC MINI Team Portugal is listed, and will field two cars for Armindo Araujo and Paulo Nobre, neither will be able to score points in the manufacturers' championship.
The Go Fast Energy WRT of Matt Wilson and
Henning Solberg meanwhile has not been registered. Wilson has missed the last few events through injury, while Henning has been absent since Mexico due to a 'contractual issue' with a sponsor.
The full list is thus as follows...
2012 FIA World Rally Championship - List of entrants:*
Manufacturers:1.
Citroen Total World Rally Team Sebastien Loeb Citroen DS3 WRC*
2.
Citroen Total World Rally Team Mikko Hirvonen Citroen DS3 WRC*
3.
Ford World Rally Team Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC*
4.
Ford World Rally Team Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC*
12.
WRC MINI Team Portugal Armindo Araujo
MINI John Cooper Works WRC*
14.
WRC MINI Team Portugal Paulo Nobre
MINI John Cooper Works WRC*
Teams:5.
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team#
Ford Fiesta RS WRC*
6.
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team#
Ford Fiesta RS WRC*
7.
Qatar World Rally Team Nasser Al-Attiyah
Citroen DS3 WRC**
8.
Citroen Junior World Rally Team Thierry Neuville
Citroen DS3 WRC***
9.
Brazil World Rally Team Daniel Oliveira
Ford Fiesta RS WRC****
10.
Adapta World Rally Team Mads Ostberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC****
Notes:
# Drivers competing under the M-Sport Ford WRT banner will vary throughout the season. Ott Tanak and
Evgeny Novikov are nominated for Argentina at the end of this month;
*denotes will do all events;
**denotes will do all events, except Monte Carlo;
***denotes nominated 8 events to score team points on (Mexico, Portugal, Argentina, Greece, Finland, Germany, Britain and France);
****denotes nominated 7 events to score team points on;
For the record, Mads Ostberg didn't score manufacturers' points for the Adapta WRT following his win in Portugal, as it wasn't one of his seven nominated events. The Adapta WRT has nominated Mexico, Argentina, Finland, Germany, Britain, France and Spain.