Terenova and Grinder withdraw from rally due to dispute

Wow this would be an interesting story to hear all the details.

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Permalink Reply by john hall on January 5, 2012 at 7:08pm

Andy Grinder was Robby's navigator for the last 3-4 years

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Permalink Reply by pdxracefan on January 5, 2012 at 7:14pm

Where is this story?

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Permalink Reply by Bruno on January 5, 2012 at 7:30pm

On Eurosport they said Andy left the team after a big discussion with Teranova at the end of stage 4.
According to another competitor, Andy said he had never been treated as badly by anyone before as he was by his driver yesterday and just quit.

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Permalink Reply by Ken on January 5, 2012 at 7:30pm

I'm thinking driver blaming navigator for being so far back.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on January 5, 2012 at 7:32pm

Terranova posted this

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Permalink Reply by Dinamo Ska on January 5, 2012 at 7:37pm

Sorted then thanks TOG

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Permalink Reply by will on January 5, 2012 at 7:40pm

Not so fast. This story has much more to it, including reports of a huge screaming match yesterday in the bivi. Here is just one of many reports; http://www.corsaonline.com.ar/2012/01/05/N-7653-es-una-cosa-de-loco...

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Permalink Reply by NIKAL on January 5, 2012 at 7:57pm

Andy's Father in Law has been posting on RDC and this morning stated that he could not say much and to check Andy's facebook later. Also he knows of no family emergency at home. That part sounds like they are being PC about the how deal went down.

This was posted on RDC
"Orlando Terranova is also capable of putting on a show and proved this fact yesterday with the second best time. However, his performance behind the scenes was much less glorious. After a long argument with his co-pilot in the evening, the Argentinean proved to be intransigent and inflexible, making any reconciliation impossible: “Andy Grider wasn't treated with any respect at all and he left. I've never seen anything like it; it's just crazy,” explains Jean-Marc Fortin, the Team Overdrive boss. As a result, Toyota Hilux No. 308 did not take starter's orders this morning."

Per Mark Miller
Just spoke to Gini, I guess Orly was a total disrespectful dick to AG. I will say that Carlos, Myself, Gini, in 6 years at VW and all the stress etc....I never ever saw disrespect toward the Navigator EVER! The NAVI is 50% of the equation.... Pisses me off for AG, because the car is working so much better than expected, I should say it is so much more competitive than expected... was a great chance for Toyota.