Indeed I was in a hurry and almost forgot that X6 had her sister, X66 MMR... You know, I got a bit excited about the Evo WRCs... well, sorry for that.
So, X66 MMR WAS the very last factory built Group A Lancer, and as that she made her debut at the memorable, rain-soaked 2001 Rallye de Portugal as Mäkinen's car. Just like her sister, she made a sudden impact by winning the rally in style.
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| In the rainy Rallye de Portugal 2001, closing on the victory (Mitsubishi) |
Her next challenge was the Rallye Catalunya in Spain, again with Tommi (she served him throughout her entire 2001 works career). The performance was good, but they just couldn't stop the french cars to take the first two places, but a podium was a great result.
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| Fast stages, fast car, a Flying Finn - what else do you need? (Mitsubishi) |
Up next was the hot, rough, dusty and twisty Rally Cyprus. As Tommi was leading the championship, he had to start first, thus sweeping the loose gravel off the road. But he wanted to lose as little time as possible, so he pushed, but in one corner the grip wasn't eough, and they slid down the hill, into a tree. Game over.
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| A pretty fast and expensive broom... (Mitsubishi) |
She was present at the end of the Group A cars' era, the Rally New Zealand 2001. Still leading the championship, Tommi had to work through sweeping the roads, which is a huge handycap on the fast and twisty NZ stages. Tommi and the Lancer were also out of shape, and with no works cars retiring, they had to settle for 8th place.
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| On the farewell event of the Grp. A Evos, 2001 NZ (Mitsubishi) |
Whereabouts
Update 2014: X66 MMR is in Italy. More info if it will be available.
Track record
Starts: 4
Wins: 1
(2001 Rallye de Portugal)
Podiums: 2
(2001 Rallye de Portugal & Rally Catalunya)
Retirements: 1
(2001 Rally Cyprus)
