When is a Mini not quite a Mini? Probably when it’s running a 900bhp six-cylinder engine loosely related to something you’d find under the bonnet of a Nissan Skyline. As you can see in the video, this thing is no Italian Job reject. Jean-Phillippe Dayraut gets this Pikes Peak-prepared Mitjet monster fully crossed up into the first turn, straightens up and absolutely hammers it up through Molecomb, clattering through the gears and gathering spectacular pace.
MAY 19th 2016
Video: Spectacular 900bhp Mini Hillclimb On Board
The performance that this blood red beast puts in up the hillclimb is as impressive as the thing is be-winged, with Dayraut clocking a 45.51-second run to finish second in the shootout at FoS 2015. We can’t wait to see a return from both car and driver at FoS this year. If you were gunning for the record, what would you take?
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