MINI and X-raid announce Mikko Hirvonen to pilot MINI ALL4 Racing
18 Jul 2015|2,460 views
Mikko Hirvonen, 34, is an accomplished rally driver from Finland with four second-placed finishes (2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) to his name in the fast-paced World Rally Championship. His list of early age accomplishments at rallying quickly earned him the right to be tagged as 'Flying Finn', an accolade used to describe the efforts of fellow Finns in various sporting arenas.
Followers of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup will be surprised to see Perin back in the thick of rally action after the Frenchman retired from the sport earlier this year.
Hirvonen also retired from WRC in 2014, but the lure of competing in the Dakar Rally - the greatest rally endurance event - and the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup at the controls of a MINI ALL4 racing was enough to tempt Hirvonen to test drive a MINI ALL4 Racing.
Talking about his leap onto the stage of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Hirvonen said, "Dakar is such a long race and the dunes there are in a world of their own. So, to finish the event without encountering major issues or without getting stuck anywhere already would represent a really good achievement for my first Dakar."
Mikko Hirvonen, 34, is an accomplished rally driver from Finland with four second-placed finishes (2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) to his name in the fast-paced World Rally Championship. His list of early age accomplishments at rallying quickly earned him the right to be tagged as 'Flying Finn', an accolade used to describe the efforts of fellow Finns in various sporting arenas.
Hirvonen will be joined at the flight deck of his MINI ALL4 Racing by experienced co-driver Michel Perin. Perin celebrated his last Dakar Rally win in 2014 when he partnered Nani Roma in a MINI ALL4 Racing. MINI and the MINI ALL4 Racing has now won the Dakar Rally an enviable four times, the latest and consecutive win came in January this year.
Followers of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup will be surprised to see Perin back in the thick of rally action after the Frenchman retired from the sport earlier this year.
Hirvonen also retired from WRC in 2014, but the lure of competing in the Dakar Rally - the greatest rally endurance event - and the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup at the controls of a MINI ALL4 racing was enough to tempt Hirvonen to test drive a MINI ALL4 Racing.
Talking about his leap onto the stage of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Hirvonen said, "Dakar is such a long race and the dunes there are in a world of their own. So, to finish the event without encountering major issues or without getting stuck anywhere already would represent a really good achievement for my first Dakar."
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