Four-time World Rally Championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen is set to make his debut in the Dakar Rally next year with Mini All4 Racing. The Finnish rally driver will prepare for the prestigious event by competing in selected rounds of the 2015 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, starting with Spain's Baja Aragon on the 24-26 July. The 34-year-old claimed 15 WRC event victories during his career and retired from rallying in 2014 but gearing up for a one-off comeback at next year's Dakar Rally. Hirvonen will be joined by co-driver Michel Perin who has claimed victory at Dakar on four separate occasions, including the 2014 title when he teamed up with Nani Roma for Mini All4 Racing. The...
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