WRC event winner Francois Duval will return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Rallye Sa꧂nremo in Italy next week - and he now wants to continue in the series next season toꦡo.

Duval will pilot a works Abarth Grande Punto ꦯSuper 2000 on the asphalt event, one of the most glamorous and prestigious rallies in Europe, which gets underway on the evening of Friday September 25.

"My goal is obviously to make the lﷺast two rallies this season and then find a good drive in the IRC next season," Duval confi🅰rmed.

Duval is no stranger to the IRC and the Abarth Grande Punto. He sampled one on the Rally of Portugal IRC event in 2007 and appeared in a Skoda Fabia Super 2000 on the Belgium Ypres Rally in June, wh🌊ere he was an early retirement after going off the road.

"It will be a di⭕fficult rally with lots of competition but I am not aboutꦯ to repeat what happened in Ypres," Duval added.