Peugeot Rally Academy driver Craig Breen topped the times on all but one of today’s four stages to finish third in WRC2 in the Wales Rally GB.
French driver Eric Camilli had been in the lead since Breen hit a rock on Friday and punctured, but on the final stage of the event he lost time with a turbo issue gifting Finland’s Teemu Suninen the class win.
Volkswagen's world rally champion Sebastien Ogier secured his eighth victory of the season in the final round of the main event.
The Frenchman beat Citroen's Northern Irish driver Kris Meeke by 26 seconds on a wet afternoon in South Wales. Norway's Andreas Mikkelsen was third in a Volkswagen.
"Victory here is the best way to finish the season but there is no point to celebrate anything today. We have other things on our mind. It has been a difficult weekend," said Ogier, referring to Friday's Paris attacks that killed 129 people.
He displayed a French flag on his car's windscreen afterwards.
Ogier's team mate Jari-Matti Latvala won the final power stage, worth three bonus points, to finish second overall in the championship.
Mikkelsen and Poland's former Formula One driver Robert Kubica took the other bonus points.
Ogier had already won his third consecutive title in Australia in September while Volkswagen have retained their manufacturers' crown.
