It must feel as if Christmas has come early for M-Sport, because months of negotiations have finally yielded the present they all wanted: the signing of 2019 World Rally champion Ott Tanak. His rejoining the Ford squad that launched his WRC career will have prompted a collective sigh of relief, not only from an M-Sport team looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2022, but also from the Estonian’s legions of supporters, the WRC and rally fans across the globe.
It was a homecoming deal that at times looked unlikely