Waterford's Craig Breen will make his World Rally Championship return this weekend.
He will be in action at Rally Finland for the 10th time and will be joined by co-driver Paul Nagle - himself a former winner of the event.
It's their first top-level outing with Hyundai Motorsport who have drafted in the Waterford native for the specialised event.
Rally Finland is made up of 23 competitive stages over 307km. The action begins tomorrow evening with the 2.31km Harju sprint in central Jyväskylä.
Speaking ahead of the weekend Breen stated:
"I have a lot of amazing memories from the start of my career and my first podium there (Finland) in 2016. I’m really looking forward to it this year in the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC."
With drivers allowed to choose their numbers in the WRC this season, Breen has elected to carry the number 42 on his car for the event, a nod to his early beginnings in karting.
"When I was 8 years old I started my motorsport career in Karting. In Ireland back then, you had to register for a number at the beginning, and when registering for mine, I sent it away asking for a random number in return. It turns out that number was 42 and I instantly loved it. I carried it all the way through my karting career."
