Breen ‘gutted’ after spinning out in Austria

Motorsport: Waterford’s Craig Breen suffered an early exit from the Internationale Jannerrallye in Austria, round one of the European Rally Championship, when he retired some two kilometres from the finish of the first stage.

The incident occurred when his Peugeot 208 T16 slid off the road on a slow downhill left-hand bend.

Breen explained, “It was a 10kph accident, I got it (the car) slowed down and was halfway round the corner but as I got back on the power, I lost grip and the front of the car spun round. There was no damage but it was stuck on the sump-guard.”