MINI announces X-raid MINI JCW Team participation at 2019 Dakar
06 Oct 2018|1,677 views
Three rally raid legends are set to join the growing MINI Family competing at the 2019 edition of the Dakar. MINI Motorsport partner X-raid has announced the addition of Cyril Despres, Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz, who have between them amassed an incredible 20 Dakar wins. They are now looking to increase this remarkable tally with each electing to drive a MINI John Cooper Works (JCW) Buggy under the team banner of X-raid MINI JCW Team.
Cyril Despres has won the Dakar five times on motorcycles before taking to four-wheels in 2015. In less than three years he has already achieved four-wheel rally success, the most notable is twice winning the arduous Silk Way Rally.
Stephane Peterhansel carries the nickname 'Mr. Dakar', having won the Dakar 13 times. Peterhansel is no stranger to the winning ways of MINI. In 2012, he won Dakar at the controls of a MINI ALL4 Racing. It was in the same legendary car that he defended his Dakar title the following year.
Carlos Sainz is the reigning Dakar champion - 2018 was the second year 'El Matador' drove to Dakar victory. Defence of his Dakar title will start with his first official competitive race in the MINI JCW Buggy in Morocco, where he and Despres will gather machine development data ahead of the 2019 Dakar.
Three rally raid legends are set to join the growing MINI Family competing at the 2019 edition of the Dakar. MINI Motorsport partner X-raid has announced the addition of Cyril Despres, Stephane Peterhansel and Carlos Sainz, who have between them amassed an incredible 20 Dakar wins. They are now looking to increase this remarkable tally with each electing to drive a MINI John Cooper Works (JCW) Buggy under the team banner of X-raid MINI JCW Team.
Cyril Despres has won the Dakar five times on motorcycles before taking to four-wheels in 2015. In less than three years he has already achieved four-wheel rally success, the most notable is twice winning the arduous Silk Way Rally.
Stephane Peterhansel carries the nickname 'Mr. Dakar', having won the Dakar 13 times. Peterhansel is no stranger to the winning ways of MINI. In 2012, he won Dakar at the controls of a MINI ALL4 Racing. It was in the same legendary car that he defended his Dakar title the following year.
Carlos Sainz is the reigning Dakar champion - 2018 was the second year 'El Matador' drove to Dakar victory. Defence of his Dakar title will start with his first official competitive race in the MINI JCW Buggy in Morocco, where he and Despres will gather machine development data ahead of the 2019 Dakar.
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