Sébastien Ogier will make his first begin since his record-extending tenth Monte Carlo Rally win at subsequent month’s Rally Islas Canarias.
A brand-new occasion on the World Rally Championship, the Gran Canaria-based occasion is spherical 4 of the 2025 season, working on April 24-27.
Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais missed the earlier two occasions in Sweden and Kenya, however are nonetheless fourth on this planet championship standings following their 33-point haul on the Monte.
The eight-time champion is a part of a five-strong Toyota lineup for spherical 4, becoming a member of championship chief Elfyn Evans, two-time champion Kalle Rovanperä, Takamoto Katsuta – who’ll not rating producer factors – and Sami Pajari who’ll characterize the TGR WRT 2 outfit.
Hyundai runs an unchanged lineup of reigning world champion Thierry Neuville, 2019 champion Ott Tänak and Adrien Fourmaux – the one Rally1 driver to have beforehand received Rally Islas Canarias.
M-Sport Ford will subject simply two automobiles for Grégoire Munster and Josh McErlean, with native driver José Antonio Suárez’s try to drive a Ford Puma Rally1 not proving fruitful.
Over 30 drivers will battle for WRC2 honors, with Yohan Rossel and his brother Léo topping the entry behind the unregistered Oliver Solberg.
A number of drivers will begin their seasons within the Canaries, together with 2022 champion Emil Lindholm (again in a Škoda after a spell in a Hyundai), Fabio Schwarz (Toyota), Mathieu Franceschi (Toyota) and Alejandro Cachón (Toyota), whereas different notable names embody 2022 ERC champion Efrén Llarena (Citroën) and island native Luis Monzón (Citroën) amongst a hoard of aggressive Spaniards.
In whole, 63 crews will take the beginning of the occasion.
