M-Sport World Rally Team pilotಌ Ott Tanak has retired from Wales Rally GB after crashing in Sunday's opening stage.

The incident happened 5.05km into the 10.64km Brenig 1 test when the Estonian ra꧒n wide on a right hand bend. Tanak and co-driver Raigo Molder both escaped unharmed, but were unable to continue as their Fiesta RS WRC sustained damaged to the rear left.

Tanak had been running fourth overall, having finish💖ed day two with a 14.7s cushion over nearest rival, Hyundai's Da🍷ni Sordo.

"It's hard to explain what happened," Tanak෴ said back in service. "It wasn't a proper off. The left wheel was just slightly off line and there was a rock which broke a bracket on the wishbonꦿe. It was as easy as that - hardly any damage but enough to end our rally."

"There are still many positives that I will take away fro📖m this season," he added. "Since Sardinia we have always had the pace to fight for the podium on gravel.

"Things haven't always gone to plan, but for our first year in a manufacturer team we wanted to 💃prov🅘e that we had the speed to challenge at the top.

"This is a sport where experience is really important. If you want to carry that speed throughout the we🌟ekend you need the experience.