Former WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen will make his Dakar Rally debut next year after securing a drive with X-raid. The Finn, a 15-time WRC winner, retired from the championship after the 2014 season at the age of 34. Hirvonen has already tested X-raid's Mini in Morocco, and will join the team's line-up for the 2016 Dakar. X-raid has won the Dakar for the past four years. Hirvonen will be co-driven by Michel Perin, who won last year's event with Nani Roma. "I can say that six months ago I didn't know a lot, just what I have seen on TV," said Hirvonen of the Dakar. "Of course, I knew it was a real long-distance race without pace notes and that it's far more about navigation and not...
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