Hayden Paddon and John Kennard are out of Rally Finland, after hitting a rock and crashing in stage 6.
The Kiwis had a very strong morning, consistently in the top five and showing excellent pace to match splits with double world champion with Sebastien Ogier as they completed most of stage 6.
However the damage to Paddon's Hyundai i20 proved too significant for the team to repair so they were forced to retire completely.
On Facebook, Paddon said: "Not the way we wanted to end our day - crashing on SS6. First roll in 42 WRC events so not a bad record. Feeling was good on the first stage of the afternoon and we were matching splits with Sebastien Ogier. However, near the end of the stage, I was about 1cm too tight on a flat right corner where we hit a hidden rock and lost the car. Immediately we were a passenger and instead of making the next left we went straight into the trees. Both John and I are ok but feel sorry for all our fans and the team."
