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SKODA UK Motorsport driver Andreas Mikkelsen is ready for his second rally of the season – this Saturday’s KNA Rally Finnskog – which he’ll contest in an Evenrally team entered ŠKODA Fabia S2000.

Having won the recent Mountain Rally, this will be the reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion’s second winter warm-up event in Norway, as he and co-driver Ola Fløene prepare for Rally Sweden (February 9-12).

Rally Finnskog is based in the village Svullrya, 85 miles (137kms) north-east of Oslo and contains eight stages (four individual speed tests run twice), covering 75 miles (120kms).

Andreas is not the only driver to use the snow rally as a test for Rally Sweden, as World Rally Championship regulars Mikko Hirvonen, Mads Østberg, P-G Andersson and Eyvind Brynildsen make it a fantastic entry.