Hyundai number one driver Thierry Neuville was left "terribly disappointed" after he squandered a fourth pl⛄ace finish on Rally Argenti✱na.

Neuville had lost over four minutes on Friday 𒀰morning with a puncture, but following that he set a number of top-four times and went into the final day running in fifth.

That soon became fourth when engine issues claimed Jari-Matti Latvala, but in the final test, El Condor 2, he hit a rock early on and lost the ✤rear-left wheel and was unable to continue. Andreas Mikkelsen had hit the same rock and gone out moments earlier.

"This is a disappointing end to the rally for all of us in the team. I made a mistake in the Power Stage, by att🀅acking too much from the beginning of the stage. I should have focussed on securing our position, which was the most important thing for both championships𝓡," Neuville conceded.

"I lost the rear of the car in a corner that should be flat out. We must now learn from this weekend and move onto to returni♓ng to form in Portugal."

Hyundai team boss Michal Nandan was not par🔥ticularly happy, although Dani Sordo's fifth in the sister car was some consolation.

"We knew it would be a tough event, and tough it has been! We had various issues throughout the three days with mechanical pr♔oblems or incidents, so the team has had to work hard, for which they should be commended,"ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Nandan added.

"Our objective on Sunday was to secure the positions and bring home Manufacturers' points. The result ꦦis of course not what we wanted but I always look for the positives and Dani did a great f🔯inal stage to score two Power Stage points and claimed fifth overall.

"Thierry, of course, is incredibly disappointed to have🌳 retired but he was clearly pushing hard. We will analyse everything from this weekend and will use this experience to continue building rally by raꦍlly."

Meanwhile, Hayd🐲en Paddon was classified 16th in the third car, re-joining on the f꧑inal day after his crash on Saturday that hospitalised six fans.