Proton Motorsports


Proton Motorsports is rally team of car manufacturer Proton, currently competing with the Proton Satria Neo S2000 in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. The team partner is British based Mellors Elliot Motorsport.

History

Proton participated in international rally events such as the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season with the Proton Satria Neo Super 2000. Their best result in IRC is Alister McRae finish 2nd place at the 2009 Rally Scotland. Drivers in 2009 were Guy Wilks, Bryan Bouffier and Alister McRae scoring 13 points.
In 2010 Proton team had many retirements and did not scored a single point. Drivers for 2010 were Alister McRae, Chris Atkinson, Niall McShea, Keith Cronin, Gilles Panizzi and a privateer with factory support, Tom Cave. The best result from the 2010 season was Gilles Panizzi secured 22nd place at the 2010 Rallye Sanremo, although it was the only finish for the Proton Satria Neo S2000 in that season.
For opening round of the 2011 IRC season, the famous Rallye Monte Carlo Proton entered two cars. Chris Atkinson retired at the first special stage and Per-Gunnar Andersson at second special stage.
In November 2011, Proton tasted its sweetest victory yet, at the China Rally where it clinched the Asia Pacific Rally Championship driver's and manufacturer's titles and capped off a dominant season for the Malaysian car maker.
Alister McRae drove the Proton Satria Neo S2000 to its fourth victory of the season in six rounds when he completed the three-day China Rally ahead of Finnish driver Jari Ketomaa in the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X with teammate Chris Atkinson finishing third to make it an all Proton 1–2 in the APRC driver's championship.
The Satria Neo S2000's dominant performance all year long also crowned Proton winner of the coveted APRC manufacturer's championship ahead of Mitsubishi with Subaru finishing the 2011 season a distant third.
The results in China also saw Proton become the first car manufacturer to win all eight major individual titles in the FIA APRC which includes: the overall FIA APRC driver's title; FIA APRC manufacturer's title; the FIA APRC Teams Trophy; the FIA Asia Cup driver's title; the FIA Pacific Cup driver's title; the manufacturer's title in the FIA APRC Rally Cup for two-wheel drive category; the FIA APRC Rally Cup two-wheel drive driver's title; and FIA APRC Junior Cup driver's title.
The division will be closed by the end of May 2017 since Proton announced that funds will be channeled to the company's core operations.

IRC Results

YearCarDriver123456789101112WDCPointsWMCPoints
2009Proton Satria Neo S2000 Guy WilksMONBRAKENPORBEL
Ret		RUS
5		POR
11		CZE
Ret		ESP
22		ITA
13		SCO7th*15*5th13
2009Proton Satria Neo S2000 Bryan BouffierMONBRAKENPORBELRUSPORCZE
Ret		ESPITASCO–05th13
2009Proton Satria Neo S2000 Alister McRaeMONBRAKENPORBELRUSPORCZEESPITASCO
2		12th135th13
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Chris AtkinsonMONBRAARGCANITABEL
Ret		AZO
DNS		MADCZEITASCOCYP–0–0
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Alister McRaeMONBRAARGCANITABEL
Ret		AZO
DNS		MADCZEITASCO
Ret		CYP–0–0
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Niall McSheaMONBRAARGCANITABELAZOMADCZE
Ret		ITA
DNS		SCOCYP–0–0
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Keith CroninMONBRAARGCANITABELAZOMADCZE
Ret		ITASCO
Ret		CYP–0–0
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Gilles PanizziMONBRAARGCANITABELAZOMADCZEITA
22		SCOCYP–0–0
2010Proton Satria Neo S2000 Tom CaveMONBRAARGCANITABEL
Ret		AZOMADCZEITASCO
Ret		CYP–0–0
2011Proton Satria Neo S2000 Chris AtkinsonMON
Ret		CANFRAUKRBELAZOCZEHUNITA
Ret		SCOCYP–07th41
2011Proton Satria Neo S2000 Per-Gunnar AnderssonMON
Ret		CAN
24		FRAUKR
Ret		BEL
19		AZOCZE
9		HUN
Ret		ITASCO
Ret		CYP37th27th41
2011Proton Satria Neo S2000 Giandomenico BassoMONCAN
11		FRAUKR
Ret		BEL
Ret		AZOCZE
13		HUN
Ret		ITA
10		SCOCYP31st**5**7th41
2011Proton Satria Neo S2000 Oleksandr SaliukMONCANFRAUKR
Ret		BELAZOCZEHUNITASCOCYP–07th41
2011Proton Satria Neo S2000 Alister McRaeMONCANFRAUKRBELAZOCZEHUNITASCO
Ret		CYP–07th41

**Including 10 points that Wilks scored with Škoda Fabia S2000 at Rally Scotland.
**Including 2 points that Basso scored with Peugeot 207 S2000 at Rallye Monte Carlo.

SWRC results

* Season still in progress.

APRC results

YearEntrantDriverCar1234567APRCPoints
2009Proton R3 Malaysia Alister McRaeProton Satria Neo S2000NCLAUSNZLJPNMYSIDN
Ret		CHN-0
2010Proton R3 Malaysia Alister McRaeProton Satria Neo S2000MAL
Ret		JPN
Ret		NZL
2		AUS
Ret		NCLIDNCHN
1		3rd78
2010Proton R3 Malaysia Chris AtkinsonProton Satria Neo S2000MAL
4		JPN
Ret		NZLAUS
Ret		NCLIDNCHN
2		5th48
2011Proton Motorsport Alister McRaeProton Satria Neo S2000MAL
3		AUS
4		NCL
3		NZL
5		JPN
2		CHN
1		1st153
2011Proton Motorsport Chris AtkinsonProton Satria Neo S2000MAL
1		AUS
Ret		NCL
1		NZL
1		JPN
Ret		CHN
2		2nd139
2012Proton Motorsport Alister McRaeProton Satria Neo S2000NZL
4		NCL
Ret		AUS
2		MYS
1		JPN
Ret		CHN
1		2nd120
2012Proton Motorsport Per-Gunnar AnderssonProton Satria Neo S2000NZL
2		NCL
Ret		AUS
4		MYS
Ret		JPNCHN7th55
2012Proton Motorsport Juha SaloProton Satria Neo S2000NZLNCLAUSMYSJPN
Ret		CHN
5		-0