The 33-year-old Czech driver has been a WRC regular since 2005 but missed the start of this season to make his first appearance at the Dakar Rally, in which he finished 14th. He returns for the WRC’s third round, and the first on gravel, in his familiar Ford Fiesta RS. Mexico’s Benito Guerra, who finished sixth in 2014, is also entered in a Fiesta RS. There are 13 World Rally Cars listed, including a second appearance of the season for Ukraine’s Valeriy Gorban in a Mini John Cooper Works. All the championship frontrunners are entered as expected, with Hyundai naming Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo in its lead team and Hayden Paddon in the second-string Hyundai Motorsport N squad....
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