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This year, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, MINI fans were in for a treat. Not only did the current Dakar Rally winner show up in all of his glory with his MINI ALL4 Racing car but the legendary Paddy Hopkirk was there too, to show the youngsters how it’s done.
If you’re not a MINI fan, you should know that Paddy was the one that drove the original Cooper S to victory in the Monte Carlo Rally for the first time back in 1964. He went on to win countless races later on and he’s still an inspiration for drivers around the world today, proving that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
Nani joined him on the famous Goodwood Hillclimb this year with his monstrous rally car that simply overshadowed the original Mini Paddy was driving. With a 3-liter inline 6-cylinder diesel BMW engine under the bonnet and weighing nearly 3 tons, the car he drives in various events was built to withstand the most challenging rally in the world.
He completed the 2.8 km run in front of thousands of enthusiasts, proving that the car with its ALL4 all-wheel-drive system can cope with smooth asphalt just as well as it does with sand and gravel in South America.
“It was a huge and very special event,” said Roma while Hopkirk went on to praise the uniqueness of the MINI cars, old and new alike: “The MINI was a unique car at the time and it is still a unique car today.”
From here on out, Roma will head down to the Baja Aragon rally that is set to take place between July 18 and 20th. This is the sixth round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and Nani wants to claim his second victory in a row here.
The event will be held in the province of Teruel, some 250 kilometres to the east of Spain’s capital Madrid, and holds approximately 1,000 competitive kilometres on rough tracks.
Nani joined him on the famous Goodwood Hillclimb this year with his monstrous rally car that simply overshadowed the original Mini Paddy was driving. With a 3-liter inline 6-cylinder diesel BMW engine under the bonnet and weighing nearly 3 tons, the car he drives in various events was built to withstand the most challenging rally in the world.
He completed the 2.8 km run in front of thousands of enthusiasts, proving that the car with its ALL4 all-wheel-drive system can cope with smooth asphalt just as well as it does with sand and gravel in South America.
“It was a huge and very special event,” said Roma while Hopkirk went on to praise the uniqueness of the MINI cars, old and new alike: “The MINI was a unique car at the time and it is still a unique car today.”
From here on out, Roma will head down to the Baja Aragon rally that is set to take place between July 18 and 20th. This is the sixth round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies and Nani wants to claim his second victory in a row here.
The event will be held in the province of Teruel, some 250 kilometres to the east of Spain’s capital Madrid, and holds approximately 1,000 competitive kilometres on rough tracks.
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