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Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen head the entry for this Saturday's Rally Finnskog in Svullrya, Norway.

This will be the Finn's second outing in the Citroen DS3 WRC and his first on loose surface stages. He tested on snow earlier this week in the Jämtland region of Sweden (video below).

Finnskog is a one-day snow rally consisting of 116.72 competitive kilometres spread over 8 special stages. The event's longest test is the 23.78km Sandsjøbekken stage (SS3/SS7). Rally Finnskog serves as an ideal shakedown for WRC Rally Sweden (February 9-12) and has attracted a number of high-profile talent. Other notable entries include:

Mads Østberg /Jonas Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
Eyvind Brynildsen /Cato Menkerud (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)
Henning Solberg / Ilka Minor (Mitsubischi EVO 6.5)
Andreas Mikkelsen / Ola Floene (Skoda Fabia S2000)
P-G Andersson / Emil Axelsson (Proton Satria S2000)
Craig Breen / Gareth Roberts (Ford Fiesta S2000)
Pontus Tidemand / Goran Bergsten (Skoda Fabia R2)
Anders Grøndal / Trond Svendsen (Gr. N Subaru Impreza STI)

The rally starts on Saturday February 4th with First Car Out on Stage 1 at 9:22am local time.

VIDEO: Mikko Hirvonen DS3 Snow Test before WRC Sweden