The M-Sport Ford driver misjudged a left hander resulting in his Puma ploughing into a rock face, triggering a series of rolls over the Armco barriers, with the car coming to rest 30 metres into a ravine.
Luckily, Fourmaux and co-driver Alexandre Coria emerged unscathed from the crash but the Puma suffered significant damage.
Fourmaux had been sitting fourth in the overall standings, 17.9s adrift of rally leader Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier after an impressive start to the rally last night.
M-Sport team principal Richard Millener said the car is heavily damaged, before admitting Fourmaux’s rally is most likely over, with a repair unlikely.
“He has had a very heavy accident by the looks of things,” said Millener.
“From what I can see it looks like quite a dirty corner he has gone to cut the line and I guess the cars in front have pulled a bit of mud out, and he just went head on into a mountain, and it has just flipped him over the barrier and 20 to 30 meters down the bank.
“The car…
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