Bryan Bouffier will start first on the road on the opening day of the Prime Yalta Rally, round four of the all-action Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Driving a Peugeot France 207 Super 2000 alongside navigator Xavier Panseri, Bouffier is a one-time IRC event winner and a favourite for victory on the Ukraine-based event, which covers a total of 261.87 competitive kilometres.
He will be followed through the stages by Škoda Motorsport Fabia S2000 driver Juho Hänninen, the defending IRC champion, and Andreas Mikkelsen, who drives a Škoda UK Motorsport Fabia.
The top 10 drivers will be separated by two-minute intervals with the remaining 24 drivers starting in one-minute gaps. The opening stage, the 2.12-kilometre Yalta test, gets underway at 13:14hrs local time.
Top 10 starting positions for day one
1 Bryan Bouffier (FRA)/Xavier Panseri (FRA) Peugeot 207 S2000
2 Juho Hänninen (FIN)/Mikko Markkula (FIN) Škoda Fabia S2000
3 Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR)/Ola Fløene (NOR) Škoda Fabia S2000
4 Giandomenico Basso (ITA)/Mitia Dotta (ITA) PROTON Satria Neo S2000
5 PG Andersson (SWE)/Emil Axelsson (SWE) PROTON Satria Neo S2000
6 Marco Tempestini (ITA)/Dorin Pulpea (ROM) Peugeot 207 S2000
7 Jan Kopecký (CZE)/Petr Starý (CZE) Škoda Fabia S2000
8 Thierry Neuville (BEL)/Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL) Peugeot 207 S2000
9 Guy Wilks (GBR)/Phil Pugh (GBR) Peugeot 207 S2000
10 Toni Gardemeister (FIN)/Tapio Suominen (FIN) Škoda Fabia S2000