Thirteen countries will line-up for the inaugural Rally of Nations event this week, being run to cover Mexico's absence from this year's World Rally Championship calendar.

Germany, Austria, Ecuador, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, the United States, Great Britain, Peru, Uruguay, Sweden and Mexico are the countries that will be competing in the competition, each represented by two crews - except for Mexico and the United States, which will have six and four crews each respectively, making up three Mexican teams and two from the US.

“One of the most innovative features of the event is its scoring system, whereby points are tallied for each driver individually, as well as by country,” added the organisers.

“At the end of each day, a points table is complied, so time differences are irrelevant. The points table defines the starting positions for the next day and so on, up to the awards ceremony on Sunday.”

The full line-up of drivers, confirmed for the Corona Rally Mexico 'Rally of Nations' edition, are as follows:

Manfred Stohl Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Austria
Andreas Aigner Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Austria
Juan Pablo Villota Peugeot 206 XS Ecuador
Camilo Rivera Peugeot 206 XS Ecuador
Harri Rovanpera Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Finland
Toni Gardemeister Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Finland
Didier Auriol Mitsubishi Lancer Evo France
Brice Tirabassi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo France
Niall McShea Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Great Britain
Phillip Morrow Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Great Britain
Hermann Gassner Jr. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Germany
Mark Wallenwein Subaru Impreza WRX Germany
Mario Isola Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Italy
Stefano Marrini Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Italy
Benito Guerra Subaru Impreza WRX Mexico Team 1
Rodrigo Ordoñez Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mexico Team 1
Ricardo Treviño Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mexico Team 2
Rodrigo Salgado Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mexico Team 2
Francisco Name Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mexico Team 3
José Cortés Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Mexico Team 3
Humberto Tijero Renault Clio Peru
Sandro Pestana Peugeot 206 XS Peru
Dani Sola Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Spain
Xavi Pons Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Spain
Per-Gunnar Andersson Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Sweden
Patrick Sandell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Sweden
Felipe Guelfi Peugeot 206 XS Uruguay
Diego Elola Peugeot 206 XS Uruguay
Matthew Johnson Subaru Impreza WRX USA Team 1
Kenny Bartram Subaru Impreza WRX USA Team 1
Patrick Moro Subaru Impreza STI USA Team 2
Piotr Wiktorczyk Subaru Impreza WRX USA Team 2