WRC Rally Monte Carlo: Paddon, Kubica crash out of Monte Carlo SS3
Hayden Paddon and Robert Kubica have slid out of the 2016ꦿ Monte Carlo Rally after crash🔥ing at the same corner during first of Friday's six stages.
Competing in Monte Carlo for the first time, Kiwi Paddon - driving the p꧟revious generation i20 WRC - was running a fine fiꦚfth overnight just behind his team-mate Thierry Neuville, but a mistake on ice 6km into the Corps stage would see him hit a tree and damage a rear wheel.
Hyundai quickly confirmed he is out for the day, though is still able to potentially restart tomorrow under the Rally 2 formatꦉ.
SS3 : Slid on an ice patch, touched a💖 tree with the rear and pulled off the RL wheel. Unfortunately he has to retire for the day.-- Hyundai Motorsport (@HyundaiWRC)
Paddon wasn't the only driver to hit problems in SS3, with ex-F1 driver Robert Kubica - who was seventh after ✃the first🅷 two stages - sliding off the road at the very same point, but plunging off into a tree at low speed.
Kubica - whose rallying future is uncertain beyond the Rally Monte ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚCarlo - is also expected to be out for the day at least.
