Countryman Dakar Archives

May 19, 20May 19, 20

The Ultimate Off-Road MINI is Here: the X-raid Countryman

The Dakar rally team X-raid knows MINIs. They’ve won the five times with them over the past eight years and have a history of off-road innovation. Now they’re applying a bit of...

MINI Wins the Dakar Rally

A Total of Nine MINIs Prep to Race the 2020 Dakar

MINI Finishes 2nd in the Grueling 2019 Dakar Rally

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2019 Dakar Stage 7 – MINI Take a Stunning Stage Victory

MINI crews at Dakar 2019 achieved a stunning victory in today’s Stage 7 by taking all three top spots after a close race that ended with just 9min 28sec separating the winner...

Jan 15, 19

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2019 Dakar Stage 06 – MINIs in Three of the Top Five Spots

Dakar 2019 resumed on Sunday 13th January after an official rest day, Stage 6 of 10 was an 810 km race of which 309 km were Special Stage, where competitors race against...

Jan 14, 19

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MINI In 2nd Overall as the 2019 Dakar Reached Halfway

Official release: At the end of Stage 5, the halfway point of 2019 Dakar, Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA) and co-driver David Castera (FRA) in a MINI John Cooper Works Buggy finished in fourth...

Jan 12, 19Jan 12, 19

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Dakar 2019 Stage 3 – MINI Wins Stage 3 and Moves to 3rd Overall

Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA) and co-driver David Castera (FRA) put in a stunning drive today that ended with them winning Dakar 2019 Stage 3. Today’s result now places the French duo and their...

Jan 10, 19Jan 28, 19

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Dakar 2019 Stage 2 – Four MINIs Now in Top Ten

Following on from yesterday’s short Stage 1, with just 84 km of off-road Special Stage, today’s Stage 2 was the first of the long distance races with a combination of 211 km...

Jan 8, 19Jan 28, 19

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Dakar 2019 Stage 1 – Three MINIs in the Top Five

Dakar 2019 is the 41st edition of the unique Dakar Rally and today (7th January) saw the first of ten stages finish with good news for MINI Motorsport and motorsport partner X-raid...

Jan 7, 19Jan 28, 19

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MINI Fan’s Guide to the 2019 Dakar

The Dakar rally, the toughest race in the world is now underway and MINI has another great chance to win it. Taking place from the 6th – 17th of January, the Dakar...

Jan 7, 19Jan 7, 19

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2019 Dakar: In-Depth Look at the Radical JCW Buggy

The jaw-dropping MINI JCW buggy debuted at last year’s Dakar to much fanfare. It was a clean sheet design that took all the know-how from MINI’s previous Dakar appearances in creating a...

Jan 6, 19Jan 6, 19

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Interview: MINI JCW Team Preps for the Epic 2019 Dakar Rally

The start of the 2019 Dakar Rally is days away and the MINI team is prepping for an all-out assault on the world’s toughest race. Led by rally legends Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA),...

Dec 30, 18

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MINI Wins the Rallye du Maroc

Official release: Rallye du Maroc – Round ten of the 2018 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup – proved to be a very memorable race for Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski (POL) and co-driver...

Oct 12, 18