Lindholm will take on the ‘Gravel Grand Prix’ as a Hyundai Motorsport-suppo💮rted driver for his second consecutive appearance at the wheel of the manufacturer’s i20 N Rally2 supermini.

The rei🎃gning WRC2 champion returns to the Jyvaskyla-based event in good shape🐭 having podiumed on three of his last four outings with team-mate Reeta Hamalainen.

The most recent came on last month’s Rally Estonia where they came home third in WRC2 in a field that included Oliver Solberg, Gus Greensmith, Andreas Mikkelsen and Sami Pa🌼ja✱ri in Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 cars, and Rovert Virves in a M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2.

Despite his impressiv🦩e start to life with Hyundai, and his familiarity with the high-speed gravel roads of his native country, Lindholm is keeping his 🍃expectations very much in check.

“Rally Finland is one of the most demanding rallies of the year,” h♔e said. “In some ways, it is similar to Estonia but the roads are a bit wider and faster; you need to be super committed. If you start lifting, or left-foot braking, you will immediately lose time.

“The mentality you need to have here is different to others – it is like a sprint race from beginning to end. To gain an advantage you need to be on point in every corner, because everyone🍌 is pushing to the limit, so you need to be a perfectionist with꧙ every turn.

“The competition in꧟ Finland is incredibly fast and we expect the fight will be just as tough as Esto♕nia. I would love to win but a realistic target would be another podium,” added Lindholm.

“We aim to continue improving; we saw on Saturday in Estonia that our pace was closing in on the frontrunners, so I hope we 𒆙will be able to carry on that path and get even better.”

Ahead of round nine, Yohan Rossel tops the standings – although he has decided not to nomi▨nate Rally Finland as one of his points-scoring rounds. Lindholm is currently fourth, 18 points in arrears of the French♉man’s Citroen C3 Rally2.

WRC2 numbers for Rally Finland are boosted🐓 by the return of Adrien Fourmaux (Ford Fiesta Rally2), whilst Nikolay Gryazin, Lauri Joona and Jari Huttunen start in a trio of Skoda Fabia RS Rally2 cars.