Pozzo finished second last time out in Ireland and now lies 9 points behind Toshi Arai, who cannot add to his 39-point tally this weekend as he has already taken in all of his six nominated events.
Pozzo is likely to face fierce opposition though, not least from Mark Higgins, who looked set to win in Ireland until he rolled on the final stage on day 2 after picking up a puncture. Higgins though will have to bear in mind his BRC title aspirations and that may compromise him somewhat.
Of the rest, Andreas Aigner, Araujo Armindo and Juho Haninnen should all be strong contenders, as should ‘wild cards’ Guy Wilks and Gwyndaf Evans and David Higgins, who has taken over the TACK entry of Niall McShea.
Wilks, Evans and David Higgins, like Mark Higgins, will all be able to score PWRC and BRC points.
Stuart Jones meanwhile will switch to an MG Super 2000 Sport and in the process will make a bit of WRC history as he will be the first PWRC registered driver to use one of the new S2000 category cars.
“I am really excited to be using the MG Super 2000 Sport this weekend,” said Jones. “The car is still very much a development project but MSD have plenty of experience in this game.
“Wales Rally GB is the one event this year where I have previous experience and I’m hoping that it will help us end the season on a positive note.”
In total, 20 drivers’ will be able to score PWRC points in GB, including Moto X star, Travis Pastrana, who won his second consecutive Rally America National Championship Series title back in October.
PWRC regulars such as Toshihiro Arai, #31, Fumio Nutahara, #35 and Nasser Al-Attiyah, #39 are not in action as it is not one of their nominated events.
Other significant entries:
Over 100 crews are due to start.
The Wales Rally GB once again sets the standard this year with the most competitors for a single round in the WRC.
Only two other events have managed to break into three figures this season, namely Finland and Germany, but GB betters both with 116 set to start.
