Rally of Portugal clerk of the course Pedro Almeida has defended the handling of Hayden Paddon's fiery crash on last week's World Rally Championship round.Almeida admitted he had been prepared to allow the whole World Rally Car field past Paddon's burning Hyundai and only stopped the stage when Ott Tanak's...

Kris Meeke has been returned to the Rally of Portugal lead after organisers handed him the fastest time on the stage interrupted by Hayden Paddon's fiery crash.Paddon and Ott Tanak crashed on the afternoon's first stage, Ponte de Lima, forcing the organizers to neutralize the test before rally leader Meeke...