Peugeot's Markko Martin will miss the Rally of Japan after the crash that killed his British co-driver Michael Park in Britain at the weekend.

"Martin's presence there is totally unthinkable," the Eurosport website quoted Peugeot team boss Jean-Pierre Nicolas as saying. "What's happened is still too raw."

Estonian Martin was uninjured after his car left the road and hit a tree on the passenger side in South Wales on Sunday's 15th stage of the Rally of Britain. Peugeot said Briton Park, 39, died instantly.

Nicolas said Martin remembered nothing of the accident. "Markko has been affected very much psychologically," said Nicolas, who explained that Martin had been to see his co-driver's widow.

"He also wanted to see the car and go back to the scene of the accident to try and understand what happened," said Nicolas. "He wants to know."

Peugeot have yet to confirm their participation in Japan, the next rally from September 30 to October 2, and have asked the governing FIA for more time to make a decision.

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