An email to Mini

I sent an email to Mini in regards to the biking incident, this was their reply.

thank you for your message.

Stéphane decided to speak with the ASO officials who reviewed the incident. Both parties were heard and Stéphane apologized to the biker. The offcials decided to take 33 mins off the biker's overall time.

Plus, he said that he could not have stopped there because of the strong currents of that river where the biker already got stuck. He could have too while battling for the overall lead.

Hey, and you know, Stéphane was a Dakar biker himself. So he knows how tough their job is.

Please enjoy the rest of the Dakar.

Cheers,
Chris

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on January 14, 2012 at 7:04pm

Here was my reply:

I call BS... He couldnt stop because of the strong currents? Give me a break, the rider and spectators were in the water trying to help, and, the shore was 5 feet away.

Very sad. Im going to post your reply on all the racing forums, it was ridiculous.

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on January 14, 2012 at 7:06pm

Heres the link if anybody else wants to send an email. If you send an email, dont make it hate mail, keep it legitimate.

Robby said hes going to protest to the ASO, I see no reason why we shouldnt support him be emailing Mini.

http://www.minimotorsport.com/en/meta/contact_us

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Permalink Reply by Ben Cartwright on January 14, 2012 at 7:12pm

It's old news, let's all move on already.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Fisher on January 14, 2012 at 7:28pm

Not to mention people need to read the rulebook. Even if the would've gotten a penalty it wouldn't have been time it would've been a few hundred Euros.

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Permalink Reply by Vlad Rogers on January 14, 2012 at 7:40pm

Nobody is suggesting to Mini that THEY DQ Peter.

Look at it this way, we all try to support RG by buying his Speed product because of who he is.

Conversely, Peter is a bad person, so we want negative support for him and his sponsor. If enough people complain about Peter, maybe Mini will have second thoughts about using him for further events. It is Monster

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Permalink Reply by ivanspeed on January 14, 2012 at 7:35pm

thats copy and paste from a comment left on a youtube video from mini called "peter crybaby keeping RG in check" after a person left a nasty comment for peter being a dick for pushing the biker.
YOU SHOULD E-MAIL back that their statement is 3-4 days late and the peternuts should've done that the day of the stage and not wait till all the media pick up on how UNFAIR that was after RG kick their ass.
AND TELL HIM THAT MR CHRIS BRANDT FRoM MINI MOTRSPORT WEB TEAM <-----if he is anything. "MINIS ARE FOR GIRLS" and that he should at least do better than COPY AND PASTE like a little robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DABEAZ9UtT0&feature=channel_vide...