Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
LOL, I understand a very little bit french but enough to understand this is a joke. A sort of satiric website.
It says that a driver (Hirvonen in this case) has been disqualified from the Dakar because he avoided a spectator and did not hit him.
Yes, never trust gorafi, it's a parodic website
Once a politicwoman quoted it very seriously on a TV interview ...

If you want the translation :
"ASO, the organizer of the race, revealed that finnish driver Mikko Hirvonen and his codriver have been excluded of the race due to having deliberately avoid a spectator.

Error in judgement ? Wrong trajectory ? Hard to explain what pushed the finnish driver to avoid Juan Del Puerto, an argentinan spectator of 22, who didn't see the car arrived in his back at 180 km/h.
"All the conditions were gathered, the driver didn't do his job, I'm revolted." says the young spectator.


The extremely shocked driver still has difficulties to talk. "I screw up, I know I should have strike him with full force. That kind of mistake is fatal." As for the organizer, it indicates that this mistake is unworthy for a professionnel, and it is considering to suspend the driver for the next 5 years of the race."




More seriously, Gonçalves seems in trouble. Fight for third place in bike will interesting to follow between Quintanilla, Méo and Benavides.