GUY slipped from fifth to tenth after a last stage disaster on the opening day of Spain's Rally Principe de Asturias.
The factory-backed Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 had made a strong start to this testing tarmac rally - as Guy had promised - after improvements to the dampers and engine.
Guy and Phil scored six successive top eight stage times to hold a solid fifth place after stage seven.
But on the final stage of the day - the 27km Piedrafita La Zorea Anayo test - the Satria had a transmission problem just after the start and was then slowed further by a puncture.
Phil said: "We had a bit of an overshoot on a left four, which had a lot of gravel on it. We beached the car on the end of a barrier and just couldn't get reverse, so we spent 15 minutes jacking it out. There was no damage, just a front bumper missing, but we were so unlucky."
Guy bounced back with a string of solid times - including joint fourth fastest on SS15 - to cross the finish line in 19th place.
Leading finishers:
Pos Driver Car Time/Gap
1. Jan Kopecky Skoda 2h41m51.3s
2. Kris Meeke Peugeot + 2m46.9s
3. Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot + 2m49.5s
4. Freddy Loix Peugeot + 2m58.9s
5. Corrado Fontana Peugeot + 3m45.0s
6. Alberto Hevia Skoda + 4m27.2s
7. Michal Solowow Peugeot + 5m58.0s
8. Giandomenico Basso Abarth + 7m03.8s
9. Franz Wittmann Mitsubishi + 9m26.3s
10. Joan Vinyes Renault + 10m04.0s
source: ircseries.com ; guywilks.com
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