Red Bull Crushed Ice World Championship
At the Red Bull Crashed Ice finals in Quebec, Canada, Arttu Pihlainen was named as the World Champion of 2011, prevailed against tough competition from around the world to wild cheering from an enthusiastic crowd of spectators numbering around 110,000.
Dr Manfred Braunl, president and CEO of BMW Group Canada, handed the key of a new MINI Countryman to the newly crowned World Champion. The MINI Rookie Award for the best newcomer at the race in Quebec went to Canadian Philippe Poirier.
MINI joined in on the action as official Automotive Partner of Red Bull Crashed Ice, MINI are keen to promote young talent, which is why it introduced the MINI Rookie Award in 2011 and it was presented four times during the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship.
Fabian Mels from Germany made his mark as the best newcomer, finishing 34th in the final and taking 11th place overall after all four races at the opening event in Munich on 15th January 2011. Hrvoje Starjacki from Croatia took the rookie prize at the second event in Valkenburg, Netherlands on 5th February and on the 26th February, Russian Pavel Kryukov was presented with the MINI Rookie Award at the third stage of the World Championship, held in Moscow, Russia.
I have always wanted to take part in the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship but I have never had the guts to sign up. My racing is driving around in my new MINI in Scotland, unfortunately that’s as good as it gets for me but I am hoping that one day I will have the courage to actually race in the Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship.
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