Tour de Corse was not an easy rally for Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard. The Kiwi duo struggled for consistent pace over the ten stages. Despite making progress in their performance on Corsican tarmac compared to last year’s round, the crew had to settle for sixth place.
“Our focus on the final morning was simply on bringing the car home and scoring a few more points”, Hayden Paddon said
“It’s been a learning weekend for us, but we have to find the positives. Even if the end result doesn’t show it, we have been competing closer to the front during that weekend and shown an improvement from last year’s Tour de Corse. There’s obviously still plenty to learn but we’re making progress.”
“We must now look ahead to the next rally, the start of a run of five on gravel. We should have a good road position for Argentina so I’m looking to feature more prominently in the next events.”
Not the weekend we wanted – some points but lack of speed. Great weekend for the team however, 1-3 finish – congrats to all! @TourdeCorseWRC pic.twitter.com/X72WnWGEgP
— Hayden Paddon (@HaydenPaddon) 9 April 2017
Another day, another plane….this time bound for NZ (taking the long way to Argentina ?). Busy 2 weeks ahead with a focus on Argentina prep pic.twitter.com/ReXymHMQdO
— Hayden Paddon (@HaydenPaddon) 10 April 2017
