Retirement WRC — is not the end but only the beginning of something new. For example, a 4-time champion Mikko Hirvonen with French co-driver Michel Perrin will participate in the rally-raid «Dakar» in the next year.
They will act in the MINI ALL4 for the German team X-Raid. By the way, the debut of the crew will be held at the rally-raid Baja Aragon at the end of this month.
Recall that Hirvonen did not last year to renew the contract with the team M-Sport from the fact that they could not adequately compete with Volkswagen and Citroen. Therefore, I decided to withdraw from WRC before the final stage of the UK in 2015.
