The eagerly anticipated MINI effort breaks cover in Sardinia with Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo piloting the two factory-entered John Cooper Works WRCs.

众人期待的迷你将有旗下车手克里斯·梅克和丹尼·索尔多驾驶两款厂队赛车在撒丁岛上演车队的处子秀。

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One rally in, and MINI's Dani Sordo already has drivers' championship points in the bag while his team-mate Kris Meeke has a top three fastest stage time to show for his efforts on the squad's debut.

在参加过的唯一一站比赛中，迷你车队的丹尼·索尔多已经取得了积分，不过他的队友克里斯·梅克也用一个赛段前三证明了赛车的实力。

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He is two minutes and 17 seconds clear of closest challenger Mikko Hirvonen, with Daniel Sordo lying third.

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Ford's Mikko Hirvonen took second ahead of Spain's Dani Sordo, who consolidated his third place in the title race.

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Sordo, who had won three stages, suffered technical problems when smoke poured from his vehicle when he was in second place.

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