2019 Dakar

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...