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From press release
MINI will continue to play an important role in the prestigious Dakar Rally.
Just 26 days ahead of the start of the 2015 Dakar Rally (4-17 January), Jochen Goller, Senior Vice President MINI, has announced the two-year extension of the brand's Dakar Rally programme until the year 2017.
“The Dakar Rally is the ultimate challenge for all drivers and teams, making it one of the most enthralling events in the world of motorsport,” said Goller.
“MINI has taken on this unique challenge with great success in recent years. The Dakar gives the MINI brand a unique opportunity to connect with its fans worldwide, with Dakar enthusiasts and people who look beyond statistics and results to enjoy sports in such fascinating, exotic places. These strategic reasons and our constant desire to improve were behind the key decision to extend our Dakar engagement far beyond the 2015 Dakar Rally into 2016 and 2017, together with our strategic partner in motorsport, X-raid.”
In 2015, a total of ten MINI ALL4 Racing, with driver crews from twelve countries will take on the ultimate motorsport adventure of the Dakar Rally led by defending champion Joan “Nani” Roma.
MINI ALL4 Racing 2015 Dakar Rally line-up:
Monster Energy Rally Raid Team
No. 300 Joan “Nani” Roma/Michel Périn (ES/FR)
No. 305 Orlando Terranova/Bernardo “Ronnie” Graue (AR/AR)
No. 306 Krzysztof Holowczyc/Xavier Panseri (PL/FR)
X-raid Team
No. 310 Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov (RU/RU)
No. 314 Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar (NL/NL)
No. 319 Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro (CL/PT)
No. 329 Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nikolaev (KZ/RU)
No. 332 Zhou Yong (CN)
No. 334 Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt (DE/DE)
Qatar Rally Team
No. 301 Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel (QT/FR)
MINI will continue to play an important role in the prestigious Dakar Rally.
Just 26 days ahead of the start of the 2015 Dakar Rally (4-17 January), Jochen Goller, Senior Vice President MINI, has announced the two-year extension of the brand's Dakar Rally programme until the year 2017.
“The Dakar Rally is the ultimate challenge for all drivers and teams, making it one of the most enthralling events in the world of motorsport,” said Goller.
“MINI has taken on this unique challenge with great success in recent years. The Dakar gives the MINI brand a unique opportunity to connect with its fans worldwide, with Dakar enthusiasts and people who look beyond statistics and results to enjoy sports in such fascinating, exotic places. These strategic reasons and our constant desire to improve were behind the key decision to extend our Dakar engagement far beyond the 2015 Dakar Rally into 2016 and 2017, together with our strategic partner in motorsport, X-raid.”
In 2015, a total of ten MINI ALL4 Racing, with driver crews from twelve countries will take on the ultimate motorsport adventure of the Dakar Rally led by defending champion Joan “Nani” Roma.
MINI ALL4 Racing 2015 Dakar Rally line-up:
Monster Energy Rally Raid Team
No. 300 Joan “Nani” Roma/Michel Périn (ES/FR)
No. 305 Orlando Terranova/Bernardo “Ronnie” Graue (AR/AR)
No. 306 Krzysztof Holowczyc/Xavier Panseri (PL/FR)
X-raid Team
No. 310 Vladimir Vasilyev/Konstantin Zhiltsov (RU/RU)
No. 314 Erik van Loon/Wouter Rosegaar (NL/NL)
No. 319 Boris Garafulic/Filipe Palmeiro (CL/PT)
No. 329 Aidyn Rakhimbayev/Anton Nikolaev (KZ/RU)
No. 332 Zhou Yong (CN)
No. 334 Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt (DE/DE)
Qatar Rally Team
No. 301 Nasser Al-Attiyah/Mathieu Baumel (QT/FR)