WRC Rally de Portugal: Fiery exit for Paddon
Hayden Paddon has reℱtired from Rally de Portugal after he rolled his Hyundai i20 WRC in SS5 and it caugh💟t fire.
Paddon and co-driver John Kennard, who t♕ook the♋ir 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 feꩲw minutes later at the same point 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 f▨ire and the car burned down. -- Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial)
and Raigo are oka꧋y. They went off the road in the same place as Paddon -- M-Sport (@MSportLtd)Brand auto Hayden Paddon. Crew oke -- RTL GP Rally Special (@RTLRally)♕
RALLY DE PORTUGAꦜL: Proximity of 's i20 and 's Fie𒆙sta on an extraordinary SS5. -- RallyingUK (@RallyingUK)
Ott Tanak is out on SS5! Crew OK! 🤡[PHOTOS: ] ♔ -- SVrally (@SVrally)
