october 02, 2018 - Mini Motorsport

MINI announces X-raid MINI JCW Team participation at 2019 Dakar.

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Cyril Despres, Stéphane Peterhansel and #carlossainz join the #Mini Family.
Three #rally raid legends ready to take on the 2019 #Dakar with #Mini John Cooper Works Buggy cars.
Despres and Sainz to compete in #Mini John Cooper Works Buggy at Rallye du Maroc, 3rd-9th October 2018, as part of testing ahead of 2019 #Dakar.

Munich. #Mini Motorsport partner X-raid has announced the addition of three #rally raid legends to the growing #Mini Family set to compete at the 2019 edition of the #Dakar. #CyrilDespres (FR), Stéphane Peterhansel (FR) and #carlossainz (SP) have between them amassed an incredible 20 #Dakar wins and now look to increase this remarkable tally with each electing to drive a #Mini John Cooper Works Buggy under the team banner of X-raid #Mini JCW Team .

Devised and built by X-raid, #Mini John Cooper Works Buggy first saw #racing action at the 2018 #Dakar. Now honed to the latest specification, this is the latest #Mini Motorsport #racing tool that #CyrilDespres, Stéphane Peterhansel and #carlossainz will compete with in order to win #Dakar.

Cyril Despres has won the #Dakar five times on motorcycles (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013) 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 (2016, 2017). Despres and #carlossainz will be the first of the three drivers from X-raid #Mini JCW Team to taste race action in the #Mini John Cooper Works Buggy by competing in Rallye du Maroc (3^rd-9^th October 2018), round 10 of the 2018 FIA Cross Country #rally World Cup.

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