WRC Rally de Portugal: Fiery exit for Paddon
Hayden Pa𒁏ddon has retired from Rally de Portugal after he rolled his Hyundai i20 WRC in SS5 and it caught fire.
Paddon and 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 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 ex🥂tinguish it with a hose. He had been joint fourth.
update: after the roll the bushes aroun🌼d caught fire and the car burned down. -- Hyundai Motorsport (@HMSGOfficial)
and Raigo are okay. They went off the road in t💫he same place as Padd🎃on -- M-Sport (@MSportLtd)Brand🌠 auto Hayden Padd🐲on. Crew oke -- RTL GP Rally Special (@RTLRally)
RALLY DE PORTUGAL: Proximity of 's i20 💫and 's Fiesta on an extraordinar♑y SS5. -- RallyingUK (@RallyingUK)
Ott Tanak is out on SS5! Crew OK! 𒈔[PHOTOS: ] -- SVrally (@SVrally)
