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Mini make historic return to international rallying tomorrow
publication date: May 5, 2011
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author/source: Robin Roberts
Mini will tomorrow make its historic return to top
level international rallying in Sardina.
With its two MINI John Cooper Works WRCs driven by Kris Meeke (GB) and Dani Sordo (ES) the Mini WRC team will start the Rally Italy, Sardinia and begin a new era for this iconic brand. The MINI Countryman was the car chosen for this exciting project and its development has been in the hands of Prodrive, the Banbury, UK based company that has a wealth of experience in the world of rallying, in close cooperation with MINI. The new programme for the brand was announced last July and since then the team has covered thousands of kilometres of testing. Meeke from Northern Ireland will be co-driven by Paul Nagle from Southern Ireland in car number 52, while sitting beside Sordo will be fellow Spaniard, Carlos del Barrio, in car number 37. Ruthin-born David Richards, Team Principal said, "The comeback of the MINI has created a real sense of anticipation within the team and yet, at the same time, an acute awareness of the enormous responsibility that rests on our shoulders. "We've undertaken over two years of intensive development and testing and it will be an historic moment for everyone involved when we finally put those famous numbers 37 & 52 on the doors of the cars and start competing.The MINI has performed better than we dared hope in testing and the S2000 car's debut in Portugal was very encouraging." |
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