Burns calls for car safety review

The Peugeot star spoke out following a spate of serious accidents during last weekend's Rally Australia, as a consequence of which two WRC crew members were hospitalised. The most serious accident left Daniel Grataloup, co-driver for Mitsubishi driver Francois Delecour, suffering from a suspected fractured skull, a broken leg and ribs, fractures to his pelvis, collarbone and ankle, a bruised lung and a punctured groin.

Burns, whose navigator Robert Reid was nursing sore ribs from a crash in pre-event testing, said: "I think we should be looking at what degree of protection there is around the roll cages and within the car."

"As it stands at the minute, we have only got a piece of very hard plastic around the cage and accidents like this make you realise the sort of injuries that are possible. I think it could be time for another overall look at safety in general."