PRODRIVE WRC Team driver Dani Sordo won the Corsica Rally, securing victory in the latest round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) in a Prodrive-prepared Mini John Cooper Works S2000.
This was Sordo’s debut in the IRC, who more usually competes in the World Rally Championship, and it was also his first major international rally victory.
Sordo spent the first part of the rally in a close fight with A-Style Ford driver Giandomenico Basso and championship leader Andreas Mikkelsen (Skoda UK).
But after Basso was eliminated and Mikkelsen lost nearly three minutes, Sordo was free to control the pace for the rest of the rally and eventually won by 17.9secs from Jan Kopecky.
By winning the event, Sordo helped show the competitiveness of Prodrive’s newly-upgraded S2000 car.
Sordo will return to the World Rally Championship in June with Banbury’s Prodrive WRC Team in the MINI John Cooper Works WRC.
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