Burns out of San Remo Rally.
News Flash: Subaru driver Richard Burns has retired from the San Reꦐmo rally as a result of a damage to his Subaru on Special Stage Ten.
Burns had been third overall at the end of the first leg and was the only driver who could take the challenge to the (so far) Peugeot dominated event. However an incident on stage ten of the rally caused his Impreza to develop an oil leak - although he managed toᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ finish the stage in eleventh, losing 17.9secs to stage winner Makinen.
News Flash: Subaru driver Richard Bur𓆉ns has retired from the San Remo ra🔯lly as a result of a damage to his Subaru on Special Stage Ten.
Burns had been third overall at the end of the first leg and was the only driver who could take the challenge to the (so far) Peugeot dominated event. However an incident on stage ten of the rally caused his Impreza to develop an oil leak - although he managed to finish the stage in ▨eleventh, losing 17.9secs to stage winner Makinen.
The damage sustained could not be repaired by the Prodrive team - despite their efforts in the service area, forcing h💖im to withdraw from the rally.
Burns was𒈔 second in the Championship standings just two points behind leader Gronholm (who has been struggling on San ꧑Remo's tarmac surface), prior to this event.
More to follow.....
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and goꦕ. He is at the for꧙efront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
