
The Ford squad has been absent from the WRC podium since Ott Tanak finished second in Croatia back in April, a result which was then followed by the Estonian finishing fourth in Portugal before an electrical fault robbed him of a top 10 result in Sardinia.
Last weekend, Tanak led the Safari Rally heading to Friday but his hopes of a podium were dashed when a tyre came off the rim during stage four, costing M-Sport driver more than two minutes. Tanak was forced to change his wheel again later in the rally when his wheel broke again.