Ahead of the MINI’s official arrival in the WRC, the car has claimed its first-ever overall rally victory in only its third competitive outing – a MINI John Cooper Works S2000 piloted by Andrea Navarra and co-driver Simona Fedeli has won the Rally dell’Adriatico.
The Grifone team pairing led from the start to the finish of the opening round of the Italian Gravel Championship, based on Italy’s Adriatic coast close to Ancona. The Italian driver finished ahead of Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen, who was in a Skoda Fabia S2000, by 12 seconds in the one-day event.
The win achieved by the regional rally car version of the MINI is certainly a boost for the brand, which will have its official MINI WRC team presenting the full version of the John Cooper Works Countryman-based car next week, ahead of its race debut at the Rally d’Italia-Sardegna in Italy next month.
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Once they see Proton in action, they’ll crap in their jumpsuits.
Would like to see S2000 Neo againts this…
Nice car and achievement..poor decal livery design :D
yes…i would like to see which one handles better..this or the Satria Neo S2000…
and plz dont say the engine is not proton…who cares…
soon the technology can be absord to proton…
technically, the proton s2000 is using a proton engine.. although its sourced from renault, it was packaged with a production proton car.
as for the mini, its not really a “mini” engine as well since the engine came from a collaboration between peugeot and bmw.
in today’s automotive world.. thats not important anymore.. truthfully.
Mini official launch in Oxford today;
http://www.rallybuzz.com/mini-wrc-launch-oxford-5/