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Van Gisbergen survives scare on WRC debut - CtrlF.XYZ

Van Gisbergen survives scare on WRC debut

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Shane van Gisbegren survived a scary infinitesimal connected time 2 of Rally New Zealand that near his Skoda with lone insignificant damage.

The two-time Supercars champion, who is making his FIA World Rally Championship debut successful the WRC2 division, spun mid-way done Special Stage 4 (SS4).

Contact with an embankment tore the beforehand bumper disconnected his Fabia R5, but the 33-year-old rapidly got his car pointing successful the close absorption earlier finishing the stage.

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At the extremity of the morning, van Gisbergen breathed a suspiration of relief.

"That's the luckiest rotation ever, man," said his co-driver Glenn Weston.

Van Gisbergen replied, "I anticipation we didn't harm anything. I deliberation the bumper [has] travel off."

"Super lucky, ace f----- lucky," Weston remarked.

The Kiwi aboriginal reported helium had a mammoth rotation and was "Lucky to survive" but "Dumped the clutch and donutted retired of it."

Despite the incident, van Gisbergen was lone 16.6 seconds disconnected the gait of people signifier victor Kajetan Kajetanowicz.

At the decision of the greeting loop, 3rd placed van Gisbergen sat 1:01.8s disconnected WRC2 rally person Hayden Paddon, who held a 33.8-second pb implicit Kajetanowicz.

All things considered, it was a coagulated archetypal greeting for van Gisbergen, who averaged a little than 1 2nd per kilometre shortage to WRC2 rally person Hayden Paddon.

Leading Australian Harry Bates was 4th successful people and 7.6 seconds disconnected van Gisbergen astatine the extremity of SS4. He was penalised 10 seconds for tardiness astatine the commencement of SS2.

Overall, Rally New Zealand is led by Hyundai's Ott Tanak.

The Estonian holds a slender 2.6-second vantage implicit 2nd place, which is shared by Welsh Toyota operator Elfyn Evans and Ireland's Craig Breen of Ford.

Breen led the rally aft the archetypal tally done Te Akau South (SS3) but fell backmost aft lone going sixth fastest done Te Akau North (SS4).

Just implicit 10 seconds covers the apical six. FIA World Rally Championship person Kalle Rovanpera is the past of those, 10.7 seconds adrift of the lead.

It was an awesome commencement to the rally for the Finish operator who had the disadvantage of being archetypal onto the morning's stages to expanse the escaped gravel disconnected the roads.

Several drivers struggled to get to grips. Belgian operator Thierry Neuville spun towards the extremity of SS3 arsenic did Takamoto Katsuta of Japan.

Three stages stay connected time 2 of the rally, which volition spot the Whaanga Coast, Te Akau South and Te Akau North stages repeated.

The rally resumes connected Saturday with the Kaipara Hills, Puhoi and Komokoriki stages each tally twice.

Stan Sport volition transportation some runs done Kaipara Hills unrecorded and ad-free astatine 5am and 11am respectively.

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