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),...
Dakar Stage 12 Ends with Three MINI Teams in the Top Ten
Official Release: Dakar 2018 is drawing to a close. Following the action of Stage 12, there now remains just two more stages before the Dakar finish line in Córdoba, Argentina. Stage 12...
The 2017 Dakar Rally – a Look Back in Pictures
This year’s Dakar wasn’t the triumph for MINI that some had hoped. But to many that wasn’t a surprise. MINI’s new 2017 Countryman JCW simply didn’t have the testing and development time...
2017 Dakar Rally Ends with Exhaustion and Celebration for MINI
Official Release: Another exciting yet challenging Dakar has come to an end today with all three new MINI John Cooper Works Rally cars successfully completing their first ever Dakar – demonstrating that...
2017 Dakar Rally Update – The Dakar Strikes Back
It’s been a tortuous Dakar for many competitors with epic weather and epic stories happening almost daily. Unfortunately through it all MINI has fallen back to six overall and MINIs lead driver...
MINI at Dakar Stage 5: The MINI Team Falls Back to 5th
Official Release: All drivers faced a much shorter route than expected on Stage 5 of the 2017 Dakar, following a decision by race organisers to reduce the route from 692 km to...
Dakar Stage 4: MINI Continues Assault at the Dakar Moving into 3rd
Stage 4 of the 2017 Dakar proved eventful today, but it was successful for many of the MINI competitors, with six pairings continuing to improve on their overall position in the standings...
The Dakar Rally Is Underway – MINI In the Top Ten
Official release: The 2017 Dakar Rally (2-14th January) finally got underway with Stage 1, Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay, to Resistencia, Argentina. The 454 km route included a 39 km Special...
MINI JCW Dakar Rally Car – Official Gallery
The MINI JCW rally car was designed from the ground up to take on and win the Dakar rally. It’s a product of smart people trying to solve for an almost impossible...
Up-Close and Hands-on With the MINI JCW Dakar Rally Race Car
“Thing is huge.” Those are the words that I heard Tony Hawk (yes that Tony Hawk) utter as he walked up to MINI’s latest Dakar race car. The body is 100% new...