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MINI WRC Team. 1st Rally Sardinia, 05 to 08 May. Saturday, 07 May, Kris Meeke in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC

Safety Plays a Major Role in Design of MINI John Cooper Works WRC

Official MINI Press Release: 01.07.2011 Munich, 1st July, 2011.  The MINI WRC Team is setting new standards, and for its debut into world rallying has made an important step forward in the safety of its car by designing a ground breaking roll cage. The MINI John Cooper Works WRC’s roll cage has a unique side-impact [...]

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MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance

MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance Mastered the “Green Hell” Adventure

The 24-hour race at the Nürburgring for MINI comes to a positive conclusion. At the toughest circuit marathon in the world both MINI John Cooper Works Coupe satisfied with sporty performance, endurance and good stability. The entry that marked the world premiere of the new MINI Coupe series ended with positions 106 and 118 in [...]

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MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance

MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance

Born for the “Green Hell” adventure: The MINI John Cooper Works Coupé Endurance. Racing car celebrates world premiere in 24-hour race at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife. 23.06.2011 Munich. Motor sport is in the MINI genes. And now the carmaker is set to add a new chapter to its racing heritage with the arrival of the MINI John [...]

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Video: Dani Sordo in the MINI WRC Race Car – Sardinia Country Roads to Motorways

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MINI WRC Team. 1st Rally Sardinia, 05 to 08 May. Saturday, 07 May, Kris Meeke in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC

The MINI John Cooper Works WRC to make British debut.

Dani Sordo will drive the MINI John Cooper Works WRC on its British debut this weekend at the Cornbury Park Rally Show, fresh from securing a superb sixth place finish at Rally Italy and where the MINI WRC Team made its first ever appearance. The MINI WRC Team driver will put the car through its [...]

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VIDEO: Paddy Hopkirk MINI WRC Monte Carlo Rally comeback

The Mini living motorsport legend re-enters the World Rally Championship almost 50 years after Paddy Hopkirk made history by winning the Monte Carlo Rally with a Mini in 1964. Kris Meeke fellow Irishman will be driving the new MINI Countryman prepared by Prodrive in forthcoming WRC Rallies.

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Visitors to the Geneva Motor Show are given a foretaste of the MINI John Cooper Works WRC – MINI Motorsport website goes live.

Geneva, 1 March 2011. On Tuesday, the 81st International Geneva Motor Show (CH) provided the stage for MINI to unveil the MINI John Cooper Works S2000 – the latest milestone on the road to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). This is the forerunner to the MINI John Cooper Works WRC, which the MINI WRC [...]

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