Craig Breen and Paul Nagle in a VW Polo WRC dominated Belgium’s Ypres International Rally, winning the British Championship round by 45 seconds.

In a break from Irish rallying and ahead of their upcoming return to the WRC with Hyundai, the Irish ace beat Dutch ace Kevin Abbring in
another Polo into second place.

Abbring was the early leader on Friday evening’s stages, but Breen took charge on the fourth of twenty three stages and was never headed from then onwards.

"It was sublime and gave me the perfect platform to finally get a Ypres win under my belt," said Breen. "It is a very tricky rally and I've had bad luck here before so it was nice to add another iconic event to my bucket list."

The Fiesta of Matt Edwards won the British series section ahead of Tom Cave’s Hyundai, with Ireland’s William Creighton, Josh McErlean and
Jordan Hone finishing third, fourth and fifth in the Junior class.