Mikkelsen: Corsica outings won’t help bid

Andreas Mikkelsen reckons his previous experience of competing in Corsica won’t necessarily hand him an advantage when the Intercontinental Rally Challenge visits the island this week.

Mikkelsen, from Norway, has rallied on the Mediterranean island on three previous occasions, including an outing on Ronde de la Giraglia, a regional rally based around Bastia back in March.

“I really like rallying on Corsica, and even though this will be my fourth visit I don’t think I have done any of the stages before, so it will be like a new rally for me,” said the Škoda UK Motorsport driver. “Both Tour de Corse events I did in 2007 and ’08 only took place on a small part of the island and the Ronde De La Giraglia was as far north as you can go.”

He continued: “It’s going to be a very tough event for everybody, but the Škoda will be good there and we’ll be aiming to finish in the points once again.”