CRAIG BREEN WON the S2000 category of Rally Great Britain to get his Super World Rally Championship challenge back on track.

The Waterford driver won by over two minutes from Tom Cave, with Yaz Al Rajhi in third.

Penalties and technical problems put paid to the challenges of both PG Andersson and Haydon Padden, and Breen managed to take advantage by assuming the lead on Stage Two.

A time penalty put Breen back into second behind Al Rajhi and the two battled it out for the rest of day.

While Al Rajhi finished the day 0.1 seconds ahead of Breen, a time penalty imposed saw the Saudi driver drop to third overnight with tom Cave up to second.

Breen and co-driver Paul Nagle started Sunday with a lead of over two minutes from Cave, with Al Rajhi in third.

The crew kept it steady across the six Sunday stages and despite a near miss with a deer on Stage 17, Breen went on to win by 2 minutes and 37 seconds from Cave.

The reigning WRC Academy champion, who won the title at the same event last year, has now pushed himself firmly back into contention for a second world rally title in two years.

Breen’s main rivals for the SWRC crown, Andersson and Paddon, finished in 6th and 7th respectively.

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