A bumper provisional entry list has been published for the opening round of the 2016 FIA European Rally Championship, Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés
In addition to WRC star Mads Østberg, who announced his entry earlier this week, leading drivers include the defending ERC champion Kajetan Kajetanowicz, double ERC rally winner Alexey Lukyanuk, established frontrunner Robert Consani and reigning ERC2 champion Dávid Botka, set for his maiden top-level start.
A large Spanish contingent features Luis Monzón, who finished third on the event in 2013, the last time the rally was part of the ERC.
Among the drivers registered for ERC2 are Argentina’s Juan Carlos Alonso and new Subaru Poland signing Wojciech Chuchała.
There’s an impressive ERC3 field signed up too, including the returning double champion Zoltán Bessenyey, the Polish and Turkish champions respectively Łukasz Habaj and Murat Bostanci and the class winner in Ypres last year, Aleks Zawada.