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Burns crashes on this stage and is now
3 minutes from the leader.
ichard Burns has just lost his hold on the third place in the Acropolis Rally standings. The rally isn't over yet so anything can happen, maybe…
The Subaru driver crashed off the road half way through this stage. He subsequently lost a heavy 2mins52 in the stage, the car's gearbox causing problems. In the standings, it's not looking good for burns. Following this incident, he is now a hefty 3 minutes from rally leader Colin McRae and will be kicking himself. He had clocked the best time in SS14 and moved 2secs closer to his British rival to bring the gap down to 12.8secs.
Petter Solberg on the other hand only went and set the fastest time. Burns' Subaru team-mate soared through the 39-kilometre stage in 25'37”5. Colin McRae took the second time, 4.9secs away. Francois Delecour, no longer suffering from the wrist troubles that tortured him on Friday, was third fastest.
Gilles Panizzi finally retired on the liaison towards SS15 after he and co- driver Herve Panizzi lost a lot of time trying to repair the suspension damage sustained in the day's first mini stage. The French crew took the painful decision to stop because they couldn't reach the start of SS15 in time.
Phillippe Bugalski managed an excellent 7th while Tommi Makinen finished one place behind in 8th. TheFinn said that he didn't want to push too hard.
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