Fløene, who claimed his maiden WRC victory alongside Mikkelsen in Spain in October (above), will replace Jonas Andersson who announced last week he will partner fellow Swede Pontus Tidemand in a WRC 2 title bid. Østberg, who has switched from Citroën to M-Sport for 2016, was partnered by Emil Axelsson and Ilka Minor during his Rallye Monte-Carlo test last week before the shock announcement that Fløene would join him in the British squad’s Ford Fiesta RS. “Together with my team, we came up quickly with a list of alternatives who could replace Jonas,” said Østberg. “Fortunately several good options turned up on the list. Two of them joined me on the Monte-Carlo pre-event test...
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