WRC Rally de Portugal: Fiery exit for Paddon
Hayden Paddon has retired from Rally de Portugal after h🌃e rolled his Hyundai i20 WRC in SS5 and it caught fire🔯.
Paddon a♏nd co-driver John Kennard, who took their 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 few minutes ꦆlater at the same poi🃏nt 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 fire and the car burned down. -- H🔯yundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial)
and Raigo ♏are okay. They went off the road in the same place as Paddon -- M-Sport (@MSportLtd)Brand auto Hayden Paddon. Cಞrew oke 💧 -- RTL GP Rally Special (@RTLRally)
RALLY DE PORTUGAL:♍ Proximity of 's i20 and 's Fiesta on an extraordinary SS5. -- RallyingUK (@RallyingUK)
Ott Tanak is out on SS5! Crew OK! [🌳PHOTOS: ] -- SVrally (@SV🦄rally)
