The M-Sport driver produced a measured drive to third at last weekend’s WRC season opener to kick off his 2022 campaign with a tidy haul of points.
Competing in his first event as a full-time WRC driver for the Ford squad, the Irishman delivered a clever drive across the four days, electing not to be drawn into full attack mode all the time to ensure he brought the new Puma home 1m39s behind winner Loeb.
A cautious Breen had been sitting sixth heading into Saturday, but rose to third after Toyota’s Elfyn Evans crashed out on stage 11 and the Hyundai duo of Ott Tanak snd Thierry Neuville also suffered a crash in stage 11 and a broken front damper respectively.
“It’s been a good weekend,” said Breen. “It still feels a bit surreal to be sitting here sharing a podium with these guys [Loeb and Ogier],
“I hope it’ll not happen again,” he joked. “If they’d not been there I could have won the rally. It’s really amazing, we share 17 world titles between the three of…
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