'Craig Breen is back on the pace on the CNP Asfalistiki Cyprus Rally, completing stage five of the FIA European Rally Championship event 1.2s slower than stage winner Kajetan Kajetanowicz. However, the Acropolis Rally-winning Irishman is set to receive a time penalty after he started the 11.42-kilometre stage out of order in his Peugeot 208T16.
Breen, who currently holds fifth in the overall classification, was reluctant to explain the delay, telling ERC Rally Radio’s Julian Porter: “We completed so we’re still here and still fighting. There have been a few problems. I’m a 24-year-old kid with a factory drive so I’m very lucky to be here but I’ve just been very unfortunate.”'
Dont know what's going on - is it him or the car again ... ?! :confused:
EDIT - Sounds a bit better now though... :)
The Peugeot Rally Academy ace explained why he and co-driver Scott Martin were delayed starting stage five: “It was a problem with the battery cable going on to the alternator. That broke and we lost all the charge. We had to try to repair it on the road section and it took much longer than we thought so we had eight minutes of road penalty going into the last stage.
“We’ve had a problem with the temperature in the car as well so we’ve had to run in road mode with no anti-lag system so literally no power, which isn’t very good. The last stage I drove 70 per cent in road mode and we dropped just a second to Kajto [Kajetanowicz]. My hands are tied with the car. If I drive in stage mode it just won’t last but I’m not one bit angry or upset. If it wasn’t for Peugeot Sport I wouldn’t be here because they have given me this great opportunity.
“The plan is to come back all-guns blazing this afternoon. We’re two minutes off the lead but anything can happen because it’s such a tough, tough rally and the heat just makes it more challenging on the cars and the crews.”
He also confirmed that the pop-off valve that affected his Peugeot 208T16 through the Nicosia street stage on Friday evening had been rectified. '
