Kevin Abbring will not be able to re-start on Saturday under Rally 2, Hyundai has confirmed, thereby bringing his Wales Rally GB outing to a premature end. Abbring, who was competing in his in fourth event of the season with the team, was forced to stop just two kilometres from the finish of SS3 after a leak into the water system. The issue caused “irreparable damage”. “That was definitely not how we wanted our final rally of the season to go. We got off to a cautious start in the opening stage the grip was higher than we expected. We increased the pace in the second stage and I had a better feeling,” said Abbring, who finished SS2 in 13th overall. “We knew we wouldn't be at the...
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