M-Sport World Rally Team’s Elfyn Evans and Ott Tänak continue their summer of speed next week as they get set for the popular Rally Finland.

Famed for its flat out speed tests, the Finnish fixture is one the most eagerly anticipated events of the year.

Nine of the fastest 10 WRC rallies on record have been recorded in Finland where split second decisions and minute set up changes can make all the difference.

Welsh driver Evans knows what it takes to tame the Finnish stages having won the event as part of the FIA WRC Academy in 2012.

Evans, who sits seventh in the overall drivers' standings, said: "Heading to one of the more enjoyable events of the year I am feeling good and ready to put our recent string of bad luck well and truly behind us. 

"I want to prove what we were capable of in Poland, but more than anything I want to enjoy these amazing stages and really make the most of it."

In the sister M-Sport Fiesta RS WRC, Tänak is relishing the opportunity to continue his recent good form. 

He said: "I'm really looking forward to Rally Finland. The speed is high, and if you have a good feeling in the car it is so enjoyable and so much fun to drive. We’ll work hard in the lead up to the rally so that we have everything perfect and can hopefully get that feeling once again.

As well as the two 2015 specification Ford Fiesta RS WRCs of Evans and Tänak, M-Sport will also run earlier specification models of the Fiesta for this year’s Rally Estonia winner, Alexey Lukyanuk, and home hero Juho Hänninen.

The team will also run the Ford Fiesta RRC of Yurii Protasov and the Ford Fiesta R5 of 2014 DDFT victor Sander Pärn as the pair continue their respective WRC 2 campaigns.

The Rally Finland begins on Thursday and is due to finish on Sunday.