M-Sport's Elfyn Evans says a “clumsy error” on his part was to blame for his early exit from Rally de Portugal on Saturday. The Welshman re-started under Rally 2 this morning, after an electrical issue on Friday put him out in SS2. However, mid-way through the first test of the leg, SS8, he hit a bank and damaged the front-left suspension on his new Fiesta RS WRC car. He also encountered further complications having to extinguish a fire caused by the impact splitting an oil pipe. “This certainly isn't the rally we wanted and it's fair to say that we're all really disappointed,” Evans said. “Okay there was a little mishap that put us back yesterday, but we were looking forward to...
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