The Finnish driver’s i20 N Rally 1 car suffered a radiator leak thought to have been triggered by a nasty compression during the Loutraki stage.
Lappi was forced to pull over after completing stage four to conduct repairs where he was able to limit the loss of water.
As water continued to escape from his car Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm secured some water bottles at the stage end to re-fill the car’s radiator. However, an unscheduled trip to a restaurant was required to safely complete the remaining two stages.
“I think I made the leak a bit smaller but every 30 kilometres I needed two litres of water,” said Lappi.
“I could get water from the stage ends as we could get bottles and the once we stopped at a restaurant on a road section. There was a tap outside of the restaurant and we filled the bottles.
“It was not crucial but it was just to make sure we had enough [water] for the stage.”
Source: Autosport