MaxRally | Features | The Mini/Prodrive divorce explained Feb-06 2012 / 14:31 EST
The terms of the divorce between Mini Motorsport – owned by BMW – and its factory team Prodrive, which runs the two works cars on the World Rally Championship, were finalised today, with the announcement that Prodrive would become just a 'works supported customer team'.
BMW and Prodrive had been locked in a financial dispute for some time, with BMW already committed to an inaugural DTM campaign in Germany this year. This means that there has been no extra budget to fund the rally...
