Acropolis Rally: Breen takes new Peugeot to victory

Craig Breen gave Peugeot's new 208 T16 victory in its European Rally Championship debut in the Acropolis Rally, taking his own first series win in the process.

Peugeot's latest car led the entire event, with Breen's Sainteloc teammate Kevin Abbring on top initially before a water leak halted him halfway through leg one.

Breen kept the battling Bryan Bouffier and Kajetan Kajetanowicz at arm's length for the rest of the former World Rally Championship event, which this year ran on asphalt initially before returning to its traditional gravel base for the final leg.

Although Breen already has WRC Academy and WRC2 titles to his name, his win in Greece was the highest-level outright triumph of his career so far.

Citroen driver Bouffier and M-Sport Poland man Kajetanowicz were neck-and-neck for much of the rally, before Bouffier pulled clear on the final afternoon.

Works Skoda man Esapekka Lappi lacked the pace to join the podium fight and finished fourth, with Bruno Magalhaes fifth on his return to top-level rallying after a two-year absence.