ERC - Jan Kopecký wins big in Zlín but Hayden Paddon wins bigger with first ERC title*

Hayden Paddon is the winner of the FIA European Rally Championship for 2023* despite his dramatic exit from Barum Czech Rally Zlín this morning (Sunday).Pirelli-equipped Paddon was in fifth position and cruising to the coveted FIA title for BRC Racing Team when he stopped nine kilometres from the start of the 16.69km Halenkovice test with the right-rear wheel missing from his Hyundai i20 N Rally2.