Eurolamp WRT

Eurolamp World Rally Team, or Eurolamp WRT^[1] for short, was a Ukrainian rally team that used to compete in the World Rally Championship-2.^[2]

Eurolamp WRT

Full name	Eurolamp World Rally Team
Base	Kyiv, Ukraine
Team principal(s)	Valeriy Gorban
Drivers	Valeriy Gorban[1] Oleksiy Kikireshko[1] Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. (former) Mait Maarend
Co-drivers	Volodymir Korsia[1] Sergei Larens[1] Pavlo Cherepin (former) Mihkel Kapp
Chassis	Mini John Cooper Works WRC
Tyres	Michelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut	2009 Rally Poland
Last event	2017 Rally Mexico
Manufacturers' Championships	0
Drivers' Championships	0
Rally wins	0

Valeriy Gorban at the 2016 Rally de Portugal

History

In 2002 the founder of a Ukrainian product distributor Ascania Group Valeriy Gorban founded a racing team to compete in the Ukrainian Rally Championship. The original name of the team was the MacCoffee Rally Team, named after a coffee brand being imported to Ukraine by the Ascania Group under the deal with Singapore's Future Enterprises. To race for the team Valeriy hired the famous Ukrainian drivers Oleksandr Saliuk and his son Oleksandr Saliuk Jr. previously racing for Khors Air. While Saliuk Jr. retained his Lada Samara, his father switched from Ford Escort RS Cosworth, imported back in 1994, to Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII which was present at the team's launch event at Bingo night club in Kyiv.

Valeriy Gorban entered a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX in the 2009 Rally Poland. The team expanded to include a second car during the 2010 season for Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr., and a third car for Oleksiy Kikireshko in 2011, and contesting the World Rally Championship for Group N Production Cars. The team returned in 2012, with Gorban placing third overall in the Production championship, scoring a class victory at the Acropolis Rally and podium finishes at the Rally Argentina and Rally d'Italia. The team's best result overall to date was eighth place at the 2011 Rally Australia, achieved by Saliuk, who left the team at the end of the season.

Following the introduction of Group R regulations in 2013 and the restructuring of the secondary World Rally Championship categories, Eurolamp switched to campaigning in the WRC-2 with Mini John Cooper Works S2000 cars supported by British motorsport firm Prodrive.^[2]

Complete WRC results

Overall classifications

Year	Entrant	Driver	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	WDC	Points
2009	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL 14	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR			NC	0
2010	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR DNS	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
		Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr.		SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR Ret	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2011	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	SWE 22	MEX	POR 19	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN 40	GER	AUS 12	FRA	ESP 32	GBR 34		NC	0
		Oleksiy Kikireshko		SWE Ret	MEX	POR 30	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN 51	GER	AUS Ret	FRA	ESP 35	GBR 23		NC	0
		Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr.		SWE 32	MEX	POR 20	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN Ret	GER	AUS 8	FRA	ESP 30	GBR 25		24th	4
2012	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG 14	GRE 14	NZL 20	FIN	GER 34	GBR	FRA	ITA 16	ESP 27		NC	0
		Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL Ret	FIN	GER Ret	GBR	FRA	ITA 20	ESP 40		NC	0
2013	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	GRE 18	ITA Ret	FIN 18	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR 15		NC	0
		Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	GRE 19	ITA Ret	FIN 20	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR Ret		NC	0
2014	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE 21	MEX	POR 18	ARG	ITA 31	POL 15	FIN 31	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 23	GBR 19		NC	0
2015	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE 15	MEX Ret	ARG	POR 18	ITA 18	POL Ret	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
		Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	SWE 24	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR		NC	0
2016	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE 24	MEX 10	ARG Ret	POR Ret	ITA 28	POL 27	FIN 21	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP 15	GBR 38	AUS	25th	1
		Mait Maarend		MON	SWE 34	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA Ret	POL	FIN	GER	CHN C	FRA	ESP	GBR	AUS	NC	0
2017	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE 20	MEX 13	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS		-*	0*

By class

Year	Class	Entrant	Driver	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos.	Points
2011	PWRC	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	SWE 4	POR 5	ARG	FIN 6	AUS 5	ESP 7	GBR 9							7th	46
			Oleksiy Kikireshko		SWE Ret	POR 11	ARG	FIN 7	AUS Ret	ESP 9	GBR 6							14th	14
			Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr.		SWE 7	POR 6	ARG	FIN Ret	AUS 3	ESP 5	GBR 8							8th	43
2012	PWRC	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	MON	MEX	ARG 3	GRE 1	NZL 4	GER 7	ITA 3	ESP 4						3rd	85
			Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	MEX	ARG Ret	GRE Ret	NZL Ret	GER Ret	ITA 5	ESP 11						NC	0
2013	WRC2	Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	GRE 8	ITA Ret	FIN 9	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR 7	28th	12
			Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	SWE	MEX	POR Ret	ARG	GRE 9	ITA Ret	FIN 8	GER	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR Ret	33rd	6
2014	WRC2	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE 7	MEX	POR 8	ARG	ITA 15	POL 4	FIN 7	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP 6	GBR 7	10th	42
2015	WRC2	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	MON	SWE 3	MEX Ret	ARG	POR 8	ITA 10	POL Ret	FIN Ret	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	17th	20
			Oleksiy Kikireshko		MON	SWE 8	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	36th	4
2017	WRCT	Eurolamp WRT	Valeriy Gorban	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	MON	SWE 1	MEX 1	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS	1st*	50*

Notes:

• Rallies marked in italics were not contested as a round of the championship.