Disappointment for Kris Meeke and Mark Nagle in Mexico

The Irish pair Kris Meeke/Paul Nagle (Citroen DS3 WRC) could find little comfort at the end of Rally Guanajuato Mexico where they finished well outside the top ten.

They crashed out of third stage on Friday and then rejoined under Rally2 on the Saturday stages. Running third and sweeping the roads they could make little progress except to concentrate on scoring points for the manufacturers’ championship.

Sebastien Ogier (VW Polo WRC) took his third win of the season and his 27th in the WRC, he also took maximum points on the Power Stage and has extended his lead in the series to 34 points. There was some good news for the Citroen team with Mads Ostberg taking second while fellow Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen (VW Polo WRC) was third. Welsh driver Elfyn Evans (Ford Fiesta WRC) was fourth, his M-Sport team performed heroics to get Ott Tanak’s Fiesta back in the rally. Tanak went off the road and into a lake on Friday.