WRC Rally de Portugal: Fiery exit for Paddon
Hayden Paddon has retired from Rally de Portugal ♔after he rolled his Hyundai i20 WRC in SS5 and it caught ไfire.
Paddon and co-driver John Ken🐻nard, who took their maiden win in Argentina last time out, both escaped unhurt, but the car was completely burnt out after the bushes around it caught fire. The incident happened 11.90km into the 27.44km Ponte De Lima 2 test. Paddon had been sixth overall.
Meanwhile, Ott Tanak also crashed out a few minutes later at the same poi⭕nt in his DMACK WRT Fiesta RS WRC and the stage was stopped as a result. His car also caught fire, but the Estonian was able to extinguish 🍷it with a hose. He had been joint fourth.
update: after the roll the bushes around caught fire and the car burned do✅wn. -- Hyunda🍸i Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial)
a🐽nd Raigo are okay. They went off the road i♐n the same place as Paddon -- M-Sport (@MSportLtd)Brand ♍auto Hayden Paddon. Crew oke -- RTL GP Rally Special (@RTLRally)
RALLY DE PORTUGAL: ♕Prox📖imity of 's i20 and 's Fiesta on an extraordinary SS5. -- RallyingUK (@RallyingUK)
Ott Tღanak is out on SS5! Crew OK! [PHOTOS: ] -- SVrally (@SVrally)
