{"id":433854,"date":"2023-04-23T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433854"},"modified":"2023-04-23T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:24:49","slug":"elfyn-evans-wins-rally-croatia-in-the-first-race-after-breen-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/elfyn-evans-wins-rally-croatia-in-the-first-race-after-breen-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Elfyn Evans wins Rally Croatia in the first race after Breen tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elfyn Evans (Great Britain) won Rally Croatia, round four of the World Rally Championship. The victory was the first for the 34-year-old Welsh driver in 18 months. His last triumph was in Finland in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>However, the celebrations were limited following the death last week of Irishman Craig Breen. The Hyundai team driver died in a crash earlier this month during testing for Rally Croatia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That one was for you, Craig. \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea<\/p>\n<p>Elfyn and Scott climb to the top step of the podium as the WRC field stand together to remember and pay tribute to Craig with the Irish flag standing proud.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WRC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WRCLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WRCLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CroatiaRally?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CroatiaRally<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForCraig?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ForCraig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/weKqfM0csg\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/weKqfM0csg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 World Rally Championship (@OfficialWRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialWRC\/status\/1650126951619624963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elfyn Evans&#8217; success saw him level at the top of the overall standings with his French team-mate Sebastien Ogier on 69 points each. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been working on this for a long time, but what&#8217;s surprising is how little it means at this point.&#8221; We&#8217;re missing our friend, and after the weekend&#8217;s concentration and right after the final, that&#8217;s the only thing we&#8217;re all thinking about,&#8221; Evans said, referring to the Breen tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elfyn Evans (Great Britain) won Rally Croatia, round four of the World Rally Championship. 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