Further misfortune for Breen in Estonia
Craig Breen's misfortune at the Rally Estonia continued as a puncture saw him lose time on what was otherwise a productive day for the Waterford native and co-driver Paul Nagle.
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Craig Breen's misfortune at the Rally Estonia continued as a puncture saw him lose time on what was otherwise a productive day for the Waterford native and co-driver Paul Nagle.
A crash on day two of Rally Estonia saw Craig Breen slip down the standings having earned an impressive overnight lead.
Craig Breen finished sixth at the Safari Rally Kenya as Finland's Kalle Rovanpera lead a Toyota sweep of the top four places to stretch his World Rally Championship lead to 65 points.
The championship leader was sitting third overall behind Evans and Ogier after the morning loop of stages, before tyre dramas struck his team-mates in the afternoon.
Tanak ended a run of 462 days since his previous WRC victory at Arctic Rally Finland in February 2021, while the result was also Hyundai’s first win following a challenging start to the new Rally1 hybrid era.
Craig Breen earned a second place finish at the Rally Italy Sardinia which was won by Ott Tanak of Estonia on Sunday.
The 2019 world champion claimed nine of the 21 stages across four gruelling days, navigating through Sardinia’s famous rough gravel stages in scorching temperatures to score his first win since last February's Arctic Rally Finland by 1m03.2s from M-Sport Ford driver Craig Breen.
The 2019 world champion dialled back his pace in a bid to preserve his advantage on the final morning, but the Estonian increased his lead over M-Sport’s Craig Breen to 56.9s.