Craig Breen pays price after tyres controversy
It was symptomatic of his season’s performances that, were it not for a series of non-finishes from strong positions, the Waterford driver could have actually won the ERC title long before this final round. Instead, he had to settle for second in both the event and the championship although he did win the ERC Asphalt Masters title.
On Saturday the Peugeot Academy driver and his British co-driver Scott Martin stopped at the end of the 17th and final stage and celebrated a 39.4 win over the Ford Fiesta R5 of Alexey Lukyanuk. Four hours later the positions were reversed when it was discovered the Peugeot Rally Academy team had (mistakenly) used 20 marked Michelin tyres instead of the allocated 18. They were handed a two-minute penalty.
