A MINI one-two on stage 11 at 2014 Dakar Rally // Orlando Terranova wins, overall leader Nani Roma 2nd.

Orlando Terranova (AR) in his orange MINI ALL4 Racing has won stage 11 at the 2014 Dakar Rally. The Monster Energy X-raid Team driver finished the 605km-long route from Antofagasta to El Salvador (both CL) in 5:58 hours, his teammate Joan “Nani” Roma (ES) finished 10:57 minutes behind him in 2nd place.

“A great result for me today,” Orlando Terranova said after crossing the finish line in El Salvador. “It was a tough stage again. We had to be really careful again because part of the route was held in the Atacama desert once more, where you can get stuck quiet quickly in the sand. But I had no problems today. My MINI ALL4 Racing showed a really strong performance and again proved to be really reliable throughout the day.”

Joan “Nani” Roma in his yellow MINI ALL4 Racing is still leading teammate Stéphane Peterhansel (FR), who finished 4th today, by 5:32 minutes in the overall classification. Nasser Al-Attiyah (QT) in the predominantly white MINI ALL4 Racing is currently 3rd overall while today’s stage winner Orlando Terranova is 4th, 1:03.39 hours behind the leader. Four MINI ALL4 Racing cars in the top five – an extra proof of reliability at the toughest rally in the world.

Tomorrow’s 350km-long stage 12 will lead from El Salvador to La Serena (both CL). The drivers will start in the mountain region around El Salvador and have to find the quickest way downhill to the Atacama desert once more. Here the drivers have to be careful again not to get stuck in the extremely fine sand.



Dakar Rally Day 13 Quick Facts.

Date: 17th January, 2014

Start/finish: El Salvador/La Serena (both CL) – Leg 12

Official starting time (cars): 10:18 AM ART (UTC -3)

Total distance: 699 km, Special stage: 350 km, Liaison: 349 km





MINI at the 2014 Dakar Rally.

A total of eleven MINI ALL4 Racing compete in the 2014 Dakar. All are based on the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman, modified by the factory-supported X-raid Team to meet the high demands of the Dakar Rally which is today’s pinnacle of off-road motorsports. With a combination of power, reliability and efficiency the MINI ALL4 Racing proved its competiveness right from its first Dakar start in 2011 while also winning the hearts of the fans from the word go.

On only its second Dakar appearance, the MINI ALL4 Racing made the big breakthrough by winning the 2012 Dakar Rally. In 2013 the MINI brand proved that its Dakar success was no flash in the pan by defending its title at the first attempt. This year, the X-raid Team and the MINI brand are aiming at clinching their third consecutive Dakar title when the 2014 Dakar ends in Valparaiso, Chile, on 18th January.







2014 Dakar MINI Driver Lineup.

#300 MINI ALL4 Racing.

Monster Energy X-raid Team

Stéphane Peterhansel/Jean-Paul Cottret (FR/FR)



#301 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Nasser Al-Attiyah/Lucas Cruz (QT/ES)



#304 MINI ALL4 Racing.

Monster Energy X-raid Team

Joan “Nani” Roma/Michel Périn (ES/FR)



#307 MINI ALL4 Racing.

Monster Energy X-raid Team

Orlando Terranova/Paulo Fiúza (AR/PT).



#309 MINI ALL4 Racing.

Monster Energy X-raid Team

Krzysztof Holowczyc/Konstantin Zhiltsov (PL/RU)



#314 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Vladimir Vasilyev/Vitaliy Yevtyekhov (RU/RU)



#317 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Boris Garafulic/Gilles Picard (CL/FR)



#319 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Zhou Yong/Pan Hong Yu (CN/CN)



#330 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez Companc (AR/AR)



#332 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team.

Martin Kaczmarski/Filipe Palmeiro (PL/PT)



#337 MINI ALL4 Racing.

X-raid Team

Stephan Schott/Holm Schmidt (DE/DE)