World Rally Championship team SEAT World Rally Team
SEAT World Rally Team was the official SEAT team that competed in the World Rally Championship during the years 1998 to 2000, and previously in the 2 Liter World Rally Cup between 1996 and 1998. It was managed by its sports area, SEAT Sport and was based in Martorell (Barcelona, Spain). The team debuted in the 1998 Monte Carlo Rally and competed in a total of fifty-one events. He did not achieve any victory but three podiums: New Zealand and Great Britain in 1999 and the Safari in 2000. The last event in which he took part was the Rally of Great Britain in 2000.
SEAT World Rally Team
Spain (Martorell (Barcelona))
SEAT (Factory Team)
In WRC since 1998 until 2000
SEAT World Rally Team team in the World Rally Championship
The team debuted in the world championship, after the success in the 2 Liter Cup that it had won three times, in the 1998 season. The drivers who made their debut were Harri Rovanperä and Oriol Gómez in the Monte Carlo Rally, achieving an eleventh place for Rovanpera , while Oriol had to withdraw. After Sweden, the brand faced the tough African test, the Safari Rally where the Finn achieved fifth place, thus adding the first points for the brand in the constructors' and drivers' championships.
