Kris Meeke rolls on to seventh at Rally Spain

Having rolled their Abu Dhabi Total Citroen DS3 WRC on yesterday’s opening stage of Rally Spain (S.S. 2), the Irish pair of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle fought their way back to finish the day in seventh — a place and 38.3 seconds ahead of their teammates Waterford’s Craig Breen/Scott Martin.

Wexford’s Eamonn Boland and co-driver Micky Joe Morrissey (Fiesta R5) are 25th.

Heavy rain made for difficult conditions and Meeke didn’t have the best of luck on the day’s first stage.