The Hyundai driver was leading the rally by 10.8 seconds from Toyota’s Elfyn Evans when he went off the road 5.2km into a brand new test for this year’s rally.
Neuville misjudged a long right hander which resulted in his i20N drifting wide and into a piece of concrete which broke the left rear damper and upright which forced the Belgian to retire from Saturday’s action.
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