In addition to the usual 'works' entries,
Conrad Rautenbach and
Urmo Aava will both be at the wheel of PH Sport-run
Citroen C4 WRCs, while Andreas Mikkelsen will compete in a privately entered Ford Focus RS WRC.
Of the rest, in addition to the 23 PWRC runners, another 37 runners will also take in the event, with nine more in Group N cars, while eleven will run in the N3 and N2 classes, three in the A6 class, two in A7 and one in the A5 class.
Route:
The route is virtually identical to the rally's last WRC appearance in 2006, with just minor modifications to a few stages. The holiday resort of Kemer is again the base and home to the single service park.
All three legs are located in the complex maze of gravel roads high in the Anatolian mountains to the west.
The action begins with a super special stage on Thursday evening at the university in Antalya, 40km north of Kemer, which is repeated at the end of Saturday's second leg.
The opening day is the longest with more than 154km of competition, while Sunday's final leg includes two passes over the 31.20km Olympos test, the longest of the event.
Drivers tackle 19 tests in total covering 360.12 kilometres in a route of 1263.74 kilometres.
Last year:
The Rally of Turkey was last apart of the WRC in 2006 and that event was won by Marcus Gronholm, who finished over 2 minutes up on
Mikko Hirvonen.
Henning Solberg came in third, followed by Xavier Pons and Kosti Katajamaki.
Chris Atkinson was sixth, while Dani Sordo and Manfred Stohl rounded out the points scorers.
Petter Solberg went out in the penultimate stage on day 2, losing a certain podium finish. He eventually finished 13th under the SupeRally. The late
Colin McRae, who was standing in for the then injured
Sebastien Loeb, failed to finish due to a mechanical issue.
