Group tests

Audi A1 Quattro vs Mini JCW GP, Ford Focus RS500 and Renault Megane R26.R - Audi A1 Quattro vs Mini JCW GP, Ford Focus RS500 and Renault Megane R26.R: On track

Will the track-biassed Megane R26.R or Mini GP clean up on home turf, or will the more powerful Focus RS500 or four-wheel-drive Audi A1 quattro take the fastest lap?

by: Richard Meaden

3 Jun 2013

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megane and mini gp on track

Audi A1 quattro

Ford Focus RS500

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Lap times

1:08.7

Mini John Cooper Works GP

1:08.9

Renaultsport Megane R26.R

1:09.4

Ford Focus RS500

1:11.2

Audi A1 quattro

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