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Conrad Rautenbach has admitted he and co-driver Daniel Barritt were lucky to escaped unhurt after their off in the penultimate stage of the Neste Oil Rally Finland, the ninth round in the 2009 World Rally Championship.

Conrad Rautenbach has retired from the Neste Oil Rally Finland after crashing out in the penultimate stage. The Zimbabwean, who had been running ninth overall in his Citroen Junior Team-run C4 WRC, went off the road around halfway through the 15.06 kilometre Myhinpaa 2 test.

Sebastien Ogier was robbed of a podium on Rally Poland on Sunday, when he was forced to retire from the event with just two 'proper' stages left to go.

Conrad Rautenbach will hope to repeat his heroics of 2008 as the World Rally Championship heads to Argentina this weekend for the fifth round of the year.

Conrad Rautenbach has said that while he will be after a 'good result' this weekend in Spain, he will be competing with half on eye on the event that immediately follows it in Corsica.

Citroen privateer Conrad Rautenbach is looking forward to getting back on to familiar territory this weekend in Sardinia.

Conrad Rautenbach notched up a fantastic result on the Rally Argentina last weekend and in the process wrote his name in the record books by becoming the first Zimbabwean to ever score 'senior' points in the WRC.