WRC: Bouffier to contest Monte Carlo in a Ford

Bryan Bouffier will contest the 2015 World Rally Championship opening Monte Carlo Rally in an M-Sport Ford again, after leading this year's event.

The Frenchman won the Monte when it was an Intercontinental Rally Challenge round in 2011, and starred once more on his one-off WRC outing for M-Sport in January. Bouffier led much of the rally and finished second to Sebastien Ogier's Volkswagen. He was subsequently hired for Hyundai's WRC program, primarily as a test driver, but has not been included in the Korean firm's 2015 plans so far.

M-Sport has announced Elfyn Evans and Ott Tanak as the full-season drivers for its main WRC team next year.