WRC – Dennis Kuipers replaces Juho Hänninen at M-Sport in Portugal

The misfortune of one person makes the happiness of others. Juho Hänninen will not be at rally of Portugal which he was supposed to compete at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta WRC from Qatar M-Sport WRT. The Finn, who mentioned " personal reasons " to explain this withdrawal, was able to participate in the first two rounds of the year in Monte-Carlo and in Sweden before experiencing major difficulties in financing the rest of his season.

Dennis Kuipers will replace him. A year exactly after his sixth place obtained in the Lusitanian event? the only one he ran in 2012? the Dutchman makes his return. “First of all I would like to send my best wishes to Juho and his family and I am sure the team will agree when I think that it will not be the same without him nor Tomi Tuominen, his teammate, in the service park », underlined Dennis Kuipers, who will once again team up with his compatriot Robin Buysmans in the Ford Fiesta. “But I also need to thank Malcom Wilson and Nasser Al-Attiyah who allow me to compete in Juho’s absence”, continues the Dutchman. “I really love this event and I have very good memories there. I’m looking forward to returning to WRC and working with M-Sport again.”