Friday 13th May 2011
Pic Of The Week: The Flying Mini
We honour Mini's first modern WRC point (and a fab spot of air)
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Mini got off to a flying start last weekend (ahem), with Dani Sordo bringing the new John Cooper Works WRC home to a sixth-place point-scoring finish on its WRC debut at the Rally Italy in Sardinia.
Thus we honour Prodrive and Mini's achievement this week with this image of Sordo's team mate Kris Meeke in mid-flight before a sticking throttle put him out of the rally on day one.
There's another topical link here, too - the Mini WRC gets its home soil debut this weekend at the Cornbury Park Rally Show, where the 1.1-mile stage at Cornbury Park will be the first event British rally fans get to see the MINI in action.
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greeneggsnsam
Original Poster
475 posts
25 months
Note the man behind a bush with a grimace on his face. I can't have this as my wallpaper now because of the pooing man.
soad
15,865 posts
45 months
Nicely airborne!!!
johntennyson
28 posts
30 months
That's not bad.
Keep practicing.
oilit
255 posts
47 months
iain1970
239 posts
31 months
Sixth first time out? Excellent.
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MonkeyMatt
4,740 posts
76 months
Did the throttle stick just before the jump!
Fuelbrother DC
77 posts
33 months
greeneggsnsam said:
Note the man behind a bush with a grimace on his face. I can't have this as my wallpaper now because of the pooing man.
Steamer
8,848 posts
82 months
Fuelbrother DC said:
greeneggsnsam said:
Note the man behind a bush with a grimace on his face. I can't have this as my wallpaper now because of the pooing man.
Its Jason Statham!
Wardy76
58 posts
25 months
Gooby
9,190 posts
103 months
Huston - we are go for orbit!
epom
1,276 posts
30 months
smashing pic... why oh why the four door mini though?? imagine a cooper s in WRC Tarmac trim
Gold
1,936 posts
74 months
greeneggsnsam said:
Note the man behind a bush with a grimace on his face. I can't have this as my wallpaper now because of the pooing man.
He gets everywhere.
Turbobanana
348 posts
70 months
Tremendous picture... but God, what an ugly car.
Bill
26,350 posts
124 months
epom said:
smashing pic... why oh why the four door mini though?? imagine a cooper s in WRC Tarmac trim
AFAIK it's down to size regs for WRC - there's a minimum length.
Cracking picture
mxspyder
790 posts
34 months
mxspyder
790 posts
34 months
Turbobanana said:
Tremendous picture... but God, what an ugly car.
I think that its looks work well as a rally car - it looks truly mental - like it’s got Rabies or something!
As a road car it looks like a turd.
2volvos
440 posts
70 months
Anyone else reminded of how it should be done?
Call me old fashioned...
Turbobanana
348 posts
70 months
mxspyder said:
I think that its looks work well as a rally car - it looks truly mental - like it’s got Rabies or something!
Fair comment...
soad
15,865 posts
45 months
2volvos said:
Call me old fashioned...
That's old school!!!
But captures the moment rather nicely
alexmckie
105 posts
110 months
Stunning piccy but.....
I bet they wont get felt up for having that stick-on undersized numberplate!!!
Fecking rozzers.....
They did not like mine....
