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Hirvonen to tackle Dakar with MINI
The event will mark the cross country rally debut for the 34-year-old Finn, who called time on his 13-year WRC career last season, having finished runner-up in the drivers’ championship four times and recorded 15 rally wins.His time leading up to the Dakar (3-13 January 2016) will be spent getting acquainted with his MINI ALL4 Racing in selected rounds of this year's FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, starting with Spain’s Baja Aragón (24-26 July). He will be joined in the cockpit by experienced French co-driver Michel Périn, a four-time Dakar winner who celebrated his last Dakar Rally win in 2014 alongside Nani Roma. Hirvonen and Périn teamed up for the first time at a test in...
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