M-Sport World Rally Team’s Elfyn Evans and Ott Tänak will ventue into the unknown when the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) reconvenes for this weekend's Tour de Corse Rallye de France.

The event has been absent from the championship for the past seven years and neither crew has any prior experience of Corsica’s unique roads. 

Despite this, both Ford Fiesta RS WRC drivers will be determined to prove a point and depart the Mediterranean island with a strong haul of points.

Tight and twisty mountain roads are often set between rock faces and steep drops into the sea – leaving no room for error and demanding a confidence-fuelled run in pursuit of the top positions.

Evans said: “I’m really looking forward to this event. It’s going to be a challenge – three stages a day, all very long and all very demanding with brand new pacenotes – but I’m excited to discover what we can do in Corsica.

Tänak added: “It’s going to be tough to know what to expect next week as myself and Raigo [Mõlder, co-driver] have never experienced this rally before. It’s a unique event and although I’ve seen some footage from previous years we really don’t know too much about it."

M-Sport will also run the Ford Fiesta RS WRC of Bryan Bouffier and Thibault de la Haye, and the Ford Fiesta R5 of Yurii Protasov and Pavlo Cherepin.

The event started yesterday and is due to end on Sunday.