Kungokweneliseka okukhulu ukuthi sikwazise ukuthi umshayeli ongumPutukezi, u-Armindo Araújo, ekugcineni ungomunye wabashayeli abasemthethweni be-MINI ku-WRC.
Ngesonto eledlule, i-MINI isayine u-Armindo Araújo kanye no-Paulo Nobre, ukuthi bagijimele Ithimba le-WRC MINI Portugal ku-WRC 2012, ku-M1, okuqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kwe-MINI JCW WRC ku-WRC. U-Armindo Araújo uqinisekise ubukhona bakhe kuphela kuyo yonke imicimbi ye-WRC kulo nyaka, njengomshayeli osemthethweni we-MINI:
Ngokwesitatimende sakwaBMW, ukusebenzisana neProdrive kube nezinguquko ezithile. I-Prodrive manje ibhekene nomsebenzi wokwakha nokweseka inhlangano ezimele i-MINI John Cooper Works WRC, isebenzisana neqembu lakwaBMW ekuthuthukisweni kwemoto. Ngamanye amazwi, i-Prodrive manje iyiqembu elizimele futhi umshayeli waseSpain, u-Dani Sordo, kufanele alandele indlela efanayo, eshintsha izindawo nomshayeli wasePutukezi, u-Armindo Araújo.
Njengoba ubona kuvidiyo, u-Armindo Araújo noMiguel Ramalho sebevele baseSweden balungiselela umcimbi wesibili we-WRC 2012, futhi kulokhu ngemibala emisha yeqembu le-WRC TEAM MINI PORTUGAL. I-2012 ibonakala iqala ngesivinini esiphezulu kumshayeli we-Santo Tirso. Ngikufisela inhlanhla!
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís