Video: Mini WRC team ready to go

The Mini WRC team is raring to go at Rally Sardinia this weekend, and what better way to prove it than compiling a series of arty driving shots? WRC experts Prodrive designed the car around rallying's new rules and added the Mini body afterwards, which it hopes will be a winning strategy.

Even then the Countryman is hardly a dainty beast, but perhaps it will look better after a win and a few slugs of podium champagne. Besides, Nigel Mansell did win an F1 world championship with a moustache. Click below to watch the video.