Guy retires with car trouble

GUY and co-driver Phil Pugh were forced to retire from today's final leg of Rally of Canberra with mechanical failure.

Guy held a superb fifth overall overnight in the front-wheel-drive Honda Civic Type R R3. But driveshaft failure halted their charge around 20km into Sunday's 28km opening stage.

Guy said: "It's a real shame. Everything was going well and we had just passed a car in the stage to move up to fourth place."

"I'm disappointed - but even more so for the guys at JAS Motorsport.

"They have done a great job with the car and I was determined to get a result for them and Honda Australia."

Cody Crocker won the rally in a Subaru Impreza WRX STi to extend his lead in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.

Guy and Phil arrive back in Britain on Tuesday, ready for a tarmac test with Mitsubishi Motors UK on Wednesday.

The Jim Clark Rally - round two of the British Rally Championship - takes places on closed public roads in Berwickshire from 23-25 May.