Thierry Neuville has retired from the lead of the Acropolis Rally, denting the Hyundai driver\u2019s World Rally Championship title hopes.
Thierry Neuville has retired from the lead of the Acropolis Rally, denting the Hyundai driver’s World Rally Championship title hopes.Neuville held a 10.9s lead over Toyota's Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 10, the second pass through Pavliani stage, but came to a halt 11 kilometres into the 24.25km rough gravel test.
Neuville's i20 N Rally1 car suffered a bent front right wheel and damaged the suspension following an unfortunate impact with a hole in the road. The car came to a halt at the roadside, where the damage proved too severe for Neuville and co-driverand Martijn Wydaeghe on SS10 - damaging their front right suspension after hitting a hole. The duo retire for the day," read a statement from the Hyundai team.
The retirement will have ramifications for Neuville's championship hopes, having started Greece 36 points adrift of championship leader Kalle Rovanpera. Neuville's demise handed the rally lead to eight-time champion Ogier, competing a partial schedule this year, who managed to complete the stage with the second-fastest time behind pacesetter Rovanpera."That's always a shame. We had a good fight and it was fun to fight with him [Neuville]," said Ogier upon hearing the news of Neuville's retirement."That's the way it is, it is rough out there.
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