Paddon’s apprentice

Hayden Paddon was without his regular co-driver John Kennard, instead competing with 18-year-old Jared Hudson. It was a baptism of fire for the teenager, but he coped superbly: “It’s my first time here, first international rally, first time in an R5 car and they were my first night stages as well!,” Hudson said. “It’s not been easy, but when Hayden’s co-driver John [Kennard] couldn’t make it, it wasn’t an opportunity I was about to turn down.”