Relive Monte Carlo with Aaltonen & Hopkirk
This video has been on web before, but it’s worth reposting in the context of MINI’s epic return to the World Rally Championship. We’ve seen the official S2000 version of the rally car this week and MINI has confirmed the race venues for this season. Now let’s take a look back at the two chaps who helped build that rich racing heritage as they take a modern MINI ’round the snowy curves of the classic rally route. Fun fact: During the filming of this segment, Rauno pitched the car around one of the corners so hard, he dislodged the nose camera rig right off the front of the car — something the film crew assured him he couldn’t do. The moral of the story: Never underestimate a MINI. Related Articles: THE LEGEND RETURNS: MINI LINES UP IN THE FIA WRC IN 2011 1969 MINI Cooper S Wins the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique Minis and January. At the Monte. Mendocino Forest Rally - 1st ever scca pro-rally event TEAM MINI MANIA Ready for Sonoma's Challenge The modern story of the first MINI racer in the USA started here |
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