Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tiimata a Cook ki te whakataetae i te World Rally Championship (WRC) i te akomanga whakaputa i te tau 2012 ka taraiwa i te Ford Fiesta ST. Kotahi rā i mua i te rā whakamutunga mō ngā rēhita whakaputa, kāore i whakatauhia e tōna kapa mēnā e hiahia ana rātou ki te whakauru, engari i kōwhiri rātou ki te tuku rēhita i mua noa iho i te katinga. I te whakatuwheratanga o te tau
I te Rally Monte Carlo, ko Cook te wahine tuatahi ki te kii i te tuunga tuunga o te akomanga whakaputa ma te whakaoti i te tuarua. Ko tana huihuinga e rima marama i muri mai i Kariki i kite ia i a ia e mau ana i te ono o nga hua o te waahanga whakaputa ahakoa kua pakaru tana motuka. Kua maroke te tahua a Cook i mua i te Rally New Zealand, a, i akina ia ki te hoko i ana tohu i runga i te eBay ki te kohi £ 17,000 i taea ai e ia te haere tonu i te whakataetae.