Jipocar Czech National Team is a Czech motor racing team, which runs the WRC campaign of Martin Prokop. The team debuted in 2010 and will appear as fully eligible to score WRC manufacturer points team from 2013 Rally Sweden.
The origins of the team can be traced back to the years when Prokop was racing in the support WRC series – Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) and Production World Rally Championship (PWRC). The team appeared as Czech Ford National Team in 2010. The team and Prokop raced in SWRC with Ford Fiesta S2000. For 2011 the team switched to Ford Fiesta RS WRC, but they were not eligible for scoring manufacturer points as they were not registered as manufacturer or WRC team. The trend was kept in 2012. From 2013 Rally Sweden the team will be eligible to score manufacturer points.
In 2014, the team expanded to run a second car at selected events. This car, entered under the name Slovakia World Rally Team would not be eligible to score manufacturer points.
Complete WRC results Year Team Car DriverCo-driver Rounds Points Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2012 Czech Ford National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Zdeněk Hrůza MON9 SWE9 MEX POR5 ARG GRE5 NZL FIN9 GERRet GBR9 FRA9 ITA8 ESP13 9th 46 – – 2013 Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Michal Ernst MON7 SWE7 MEX9 POR7 ARG10 GRE7 ITA5 FINRet GER4 AUS FRARet ESP7 GBR6 9th 63 5th 65 2014 Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek MONRet SWERet MEX5 POR6 ARG8 ITA6 POL10 FINRet GER7 AUS FRA10 ESP8 GBR9 9th 44 6th 49 Slovakia World Rally Team Jaroslav Melichárek Erik Melichárek MON8 SWE MEX POR ARG ITA19 POL FIN GER14 AUS FRA ESP GBR 21st 4 – – 2015 Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek MON9 SWE8 MEX6 ARG4 POR10 ITARet POL11 FIN7 GERRet AUS FRA12 ESP7 GBR21 11th 39 7th 53 Jaroslav Melichárek Jaroslav Melichárek Erik Melichárek MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GERRet AUS FRA ESP GBR – 0 – – 2016 Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek MON SWE MEX7 ARG POR8 ITA9 POL FIN GER CHNC FRA ESPRet GBR AUS 15th 12 7th 18 2017 OneBet Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR14 ITA28 POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS NC 0 – – Notes: – For the last rally of the season Hrůza was replaced by Michal Ernst. – The team was not competing in Manufacturers Championship. – The team was eligible to compete for Manufacturer points from Rally Sweden. – Jan Tománek replaced Michal Ernst after Rally Monte Carlo.
References
External links Martin Prokop's official website