Setback for Craig Breen’s European Rally Championship title ambitions

Craig Breen suffered a setback in his bid to win the European Rally Championship when he retired his Peugeot 208 T16 on the road section towards the penultimate stage of the auto24 Rally Estonia, round five of the series.

Breen’s nemesis, Polish driver Kajetan Kajetanowicz (Ford Fiesta R5), came home in second place and moves back into the championship lead by five points. The rally was won by Russian Alexey Lukyanuk (Mitsubishi EvoX) – despite the addition of a 10-second penalty he finished 12.7 seconds ahead of Kajetanowicz.

Breen didn’t have the best of starts and was outside the top ten on the short stage in Tartu City on Friday night.