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Craig Breen and Scott Martin eighth in Rally Sweden

Waterford’s Craig Breen and his British co-driver Scott Martin brought their Abu Dhabi Total Citroen DS3 WRC home in eighth in Rally Sweden, the second round of the World Rally Championship. Victory went to Frenchman Sebastien Ogier (VW Polo WRC) by 29.8 seconds from New Zealand’s Hayden Paddon (Hyundai i20 WRC). Norway’s Mads Ostberg (Ford Fiesta WRC) was 25.8 seconds further behind in third.

Craig Breen and Scott Martin eighth in Rally Sweden

Mon, 15 Feb, 2016 - 00:00

Ogier secured maximum points as he also won the Power Stage where Andreas Mikkelsen (VW Polo WRC) was second and Kris Meeke (Citroen DS3 WRC) took the final point.

Meeke and his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle running under Rally 2 posted some strong times during the second and third legs.

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Place: New Zealand Place: Norway Place: Killarney Place: Waterford Place: Omagh Place: Tipperary Place: S.S. 3 Place: Carrick Place: Suir Person: Craig Breen Person: Scott Martin Person: Sebastien Ogier Person: Hayden Paddon Person: Mads Ostberg Person: Ogier Person: Andreas Mikkelsen Person: Kris Meeke Person: Meeke Person: Paul Nagle Person: Breen Person: Sam Moffett Person: James Fulton Person: Patrick O’Brien Person: Aine McGuigan Person: Michael Carbin Person: Darragh Kelly Person: Moffett Person: O’Brien Person: Liam Ryan Person: Tyrone Person: Niall McCullagh Person: McCullagh Person: Carbin Person: Ballyvourney Person: Gerard Lucey Person: Ryan Person: John Gordon Person: Adrian Hetherington Person: Hetherington Person: Dermot Kelly Person: Greg Shinnors Person: Kenny McKinstry Person: Derek McGarrity Event: Rally Sweden Waterford Event: Abu Dhabi Event: Rally Sweden Event: World Rally Championship Event: Power Stage Event: Rally 2 Event: WRC Event: Willie Event: Suir Forest Rally Event: Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship Event: Pacenotes Rally Magazine Kirkistown Rally Organisation: VW Polo WRC Organisation: Hyundai i20 WRC Organisation: Ford Fiesta WRC Organisation: Mitsubishi Organisation: Monaghan Organisation: Subaru WRC Organisation: Fiesta WRC

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