This 2020 Mini JCW GP3 is a highly sought-after, track-ready beast with a history of spirited driving. The car boasts monster AP Racing brakes, a wild appearance with carbon fiber from the BMW i8, and a top speed of 164mph. It's been used as intended, racking up 20,000 miles and benefiting from a full BMW service history.
The future of the two-seat Mini looks quite different - so what better time to try the very recent past?While the electric Minis have been very good so far - and the prospect of a GPE is really intriguing - something about the experience is inevitably lost when ditching combustion power. Which Mini has confirmed.
Until then, the three generations of Mini JCW GP with engines remain highly coveted, such were the extreme lengths gone to for all of them. The first came in under 1,100kg, the second employed Bilstein coilover dampers, and the third channelled more torque than a Golf R through the front wheels exclusively. They were mad Minis in the best tradition, so hopefully that indomitable spirit can continue to the electric version.
Launching a £35k JCW in 2020 wasn’t the easiest task, not least thanks to a certain Toyota that also arrived that year . But even without a glamorous launch to show off its track-honed ability, the 2,000 units of GP sold out. And it was easy to understand why, with crazy performance - including a 164mph top speed - wild appearance that featured carbon from BMW i8 production, and the promise of some much-needed attitude to the F56 experience.
Certainly, the GP was memorable, fizzy and frantic on bumpy British roads if a little restricted by its automatic gearbox. Definitely it lost out for not being launched on a warm, smooth track that would have shown off its strengths - we know this because a press car lapped the Nordscleife in a whisker over eight minutes with sportauto, which is some going for a car equipped as standard with fairly regular Hankook Ventus TD tyre.
Imagine what it might be capable of with, for instance, a set of nearly new Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres,. In fact, this GP3 should be an absolute riot on track, thanks to the addition of monster AP Racing brakes as well, which necessitated the bigger alloy switch-up. Given our review suggested the standard version’s ‘emphatic front end’ made it ‘redolent of the Mini JCW race car’ even on the road, this is surely begging for a good go at the 2025 track day season.
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