The Irishman’s hopes of a strong points haul from the second round of the WRC were dashed by a high-speed off on the second stage of the snow rally.
Breen had spun early in stage two when he clipped a snowbank with the rear of his car, which pitched his Ford Puma into a spin, costing him 28 seconds to rejoin the road.
His day then ended prematurely minutes later when he fired off the road and ploughed through a snow bank, burying his Puma in the deep snow. Officials briefly red flagged the stage to deal with the incident.
Speaking on his return to the service park, Breen admitted the accident was a “disaster” and that he had been distracted by an issue with his windscreen washer.
“On the second stage, close to the start, I touched a snow bank with the rear and we got wedged in between the snowbanks,” said Breen.
“I managed to to get out of that but every time I braked after that the washer was spraying water onto the screen all of the time to the point where it would freeze.
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