MINI Cooper 16v Race Edition


    Cooper prepared by M7 Racing       

4 cylinders, 4 valves per cylinder    

cylinder capacity: 1600 cc

ECU program: M7 / MTH

150 hp / 7200 rpm

6 gears, front-wheel drive

Front brake disc: diameter 355 mm
Rear brake disc: diameter 250 mm
Hydraulic braking pressure distributor

Weight: 950 kg

Acceleration: 0-100 km/u (0-60 mph): approx. 7,0 seconds

Max. speed: +200 km/u   (+125 mph)


M7 Racing
M7 Racing has prepared this fast MINI to make it ready for the MINI M7 Endurance Cup by lowering the weight from 1150kg (2535 pounds) to 900 kg (1984 pounds), in spite of safety regulations, such as the roll bar. Its power has been raised from 115hp/6000rpm up to 150hp/7200rpm.

Cooper Cup
The START MINI M7 In The Picture Team will race in the Dutch Cooper Cup. Within this championship will be raced with the MINI Cooper 16v Race Edition. The championship consist out of eight endurance races, therefore are four drivers per team needed. The four drivers will exchange each other during the race. In total, eight races will be driven for the championship. More about this subject and the racing days: see races.

The START MINI M7 In The Picture Team exists out of the following drivers:
Angelino van den Brink
Femke Terpstra
Patrick Verkerk


Reserve drivers:
Jochen Pethke and Laurens de Wit


The START MINI M7 In The Picture Team has good prospects, because M7 Racing finished the 2006 championship as champion and vice-champion within the MINI Endurance Cup! Beside all this, Jeroen Reijntjes will coach the drivers of the START MINI M7 In The Picture Team all season. A car racing driver with a lot of experience in among other things the Renault Clio Cup, the European Renault Megane Trophy and the BRL-v6 Championship.

No lack of media attention: the team isn't named "In The Picture Team" for nothing.
So will publish after each race a large article in START Autosportmagazine about the race report of the START MINI M7 In The Picture Team.. Also www.autosport.nl will publish news messages and race reports about the championship in 2007 and possibly will SBS 6 broadcast race reports on Dutch national television.

MINI history
It all started in 1959; engine capacity: 850cc, 34,5 hk, crosswise places engine, front-wheel drive and four seats – the dwarf was revolutionary. This would not be changed, if by occasion a racing team owner felt in love with this car. His name: Cooper, John Cooper. He gave the first tuned-MINI 997cc and 55 hp.
Today it's different. The future has a name: the New MINI. The modern interpretation of the classic car is a success. The modern edition of the Monte-Carlo series winner brings a high level of MINI-specific advantages to a modern era that makes him now a day again successful on the circuit.



Source : M7racing