Dust, Desert, Dakar.
The Ultimate Adventure.

Dakar heroes within touching distance.

17 February 2012

A good five weeks after the X-raid team's one-two at the Rally Dakar, the victorious MINI ALL4 Racing cars have finally returned to the team's headquarters. This is the signal for the big homecoming party to begin.

Peterhansel’s secret to winning the Dakar.

16 January 2012

Stéphane Peterhansel’s curriculum vitae shows ten Dakar victories. Impressive. However, which secret trick provided the winning edge in this year’s edition of the world’s toughest rally?

General Info.

Car.

Team.

Route.

Results.

All about the WRC

FIA WRC.

2011 sees the MINI WRC Team make its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship, the sport’s premier division.

All about the WRC

The lowdown on MINI Stars

MINI Stars.

The MINI Motorsport family is large and embraces the whole world. Find out more about the MINI Stars worldwide.

To MINI Stars

Motorsport meets Lifestyle.

MINI Challenge combines real racing with a go-kart feel and MINI lifestyle.

The MINI Challenge

MINI CHALLENGE.

Be Part of it!

"Start your engines" and be inspired by the MINI Challenge. This clubsport series combines real racing with a go-kart feel and MINI lifestyle. Since 2004, talented drivers have been going head to head in this fascinating mixture of motor racing and lifestyle events at challenging race tracks around the world.

The MINI Challenge

Success after success.

With victories at the Monte Carlo Rally in the 1960s, the legend of MINI in motorsport was born.

MINI Heritage.

MINI has motorsport in its genes. While Alec Issigonis, credited with creating the classic Mini, concentrated primarily on the every-day suitability of the car, his friend and business partner John Cooper immediately sensed potential of a different kind when he first saw the initial sketches: in this novel small production car the successful racing car constructor recognised the basis for a promising sporty vehicle, and zealously set about converting the Mini…