Ford's Petter Solberg has c꧙onfirmed that a technical failure wᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas not responsible for his off this morning in the opening test in France.

Early speculation, based on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:video footage of the incident, seemed to indicate he might have had brake problems or a stuck throttle, as he went off and then ploughed through dense vines, before re-joining the stage and going off again. In the end he came to rest after hitting and felling a telegraph pole, which alarmingly almost collected a couple 😼of spectato𓆏rs.

𝓡While on-one was injured, the impact damaged the fron✱t right of his Fiesta RS WRC car too severely to continue.

Speaking back in service, Solberg add꧃ed that he was confident he would have been able to finish in third.

"I had a clean run from the start of the stage but went off the road at a fas🔯t left corner and into the vines," he explained. "I kept my foot on the throttle because I knew the road was coming up again, but I didn't know exactly where or when. The windscreen was covered with leaves so I couldn't see properly and the road came up sooner than I thought.

"I went straight across the stage and into the vines on the other side. I eventuall🃏y hit a telegraph pole. It was a big hit but I didn't immediately realise the pole had fallen down. It was only later that I knew it toppled over.

"I'm disappointed because I had a clean rally up♚ to that point and I was confident of getting third."

"Obviously when you look at the pic🍌tures it's unbelievable," he added in an interview on the official WR♔C site.

"For sure something happened and obviously I have to look with Chris [Patterson - my co-driver] at what happen♚ed but nothing broke on the car," clarified꧙ the 37-year-old.