Press release
31 March 2016
MINI starts title defence of FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
with six MINI ALL4 Racing lined up for Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
Round 2 of the 2016 FIA Cross Country World Cup: MINI ALL4 Racing
crews prepared for shifting sands and the extreme heat of Abu Dhabi.
Munich. No less than six MINI ALL4 Racing will line
up for the second round of the 2016 FIA Cross Country World Cup. The
season opener for MINI and its iconic MINI ALL4 Racing is the highly
regarded Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, which MINI with X-raid Team and
the MINI ALL4 Racing have won four times (2011, 2013-2015).
The six MINI ALL4 Racing cars with their crews will line up for the
start of the 26th Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge on 2nd April at the Yas
Marina Circuit, part of the spectacular Al Forsan International Sports
Resort, where they will compete in a Super Special Stage – an
action-filled event where all competing crews will race against the
clock to determine the starting order for the next day’s Leg 2 of the
Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
Leg 2 through to Leg 4 will see the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge move
to the Liwa Desert – a desert region notorious for its fine sand and
undulating dunes. The competitors will not only have to deal with
strength-sapping terrain but also the heat associated with dry desert
conditions. The daytime temperature in the Liwa Oasis region is
already pushing past 30̊c, but should not be a problem to the
experienced and extremely race fit MINI ALL4 Racing crews.
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge ends 7th April when the action of the
final day (Leg 5) finishes with the competitors returning to Abu Dhabi
city for the podium presentation and race end celebrations at Yas Marina.
2016 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: MINI ALL4 Racing line up
Race calendar: 2016 FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies.
19/02 – 22/02 Baja Russia
02/04 – 7/04 Abu Dhabi Desert
Challenge
17/04 – 22/04 Sealine Cross-Country Rally Qatar
08/05 – 15/05 Pharaons Rally
23/06 – 26/06 Italian Baja
22/07 – 24/07 Baja Aragón
13/08 – 16/08 HunGarian Baja
11/08 – 14/08 Baja Poland
03/10 – 08/10 Rallye Oilibya du Maroc
21/10 – 23/10 Baja
Portalegre 500
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