Peterhansel just can't stop CRYING.

car302 - Stephane PETERHANSELWe came close to a real setback

As soon as we crossed the first dunes, we went over a crest and behind it was a sink hole, immediately penalising us as we got stuck. Time passed and the minutes seemed long. We lost at least 20 minutes, which meant that we would also lose the lead in the general standings. We cleared some sand and moved the car forward centimetre by centimetre to get out of there. Afterwards, I have to admit I took risks to claw the time back. That was the 50 km where I've attacked the most during the whole rally. In the end we caught up with Nani several kilometres from the finish, so he must have had problems too. I've been saying for a while that by getting stuck in the dunes it's possible to lose half an hour. Today we came close to a real setback.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 4:23pm

As soon as we crossed the first dunes, we went over a crest and behind it was a sink hole, immediately penalising us as we got stuck

He was penalised.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on January 13, 2012 at 4:25pm

I am suprised he didn't accuse Robby of planting the sink hole there.

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Permalink Reply by 7gason7 on January 13, 2012 at 4:27pm

"That was the 50 km where I've attacked the most during the whole rally." So you race below your potential all rally and complain that the 303 and 300 are to fast? WTF just race harder A hole/

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Permalink Reply by steve wilson on January 13, 2012 at 4:42pm

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Permalink Reply by Ray Therat on January 14, 2012 at 9:25am

Perfect!

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Lutz on January 13, 2012 at 4:53pm

If you're really interesting in causing Phensel some grief,

The planet should start a letter writing campaign to BMW......what a poor representation of sportsmanship....we can't believe you'd have someone like that backing your brand....I hope the U.S. is a big market for minis....you know...that sort of thing.