Bruno Magalhães has vowed to come back even stronger when he returns to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge on the Geko Ypres Rally from 23-25 June.
The Peugeot Sport Portugal star will skip the next round of the series, the Prime Yalta Rally, but will be back in action in Belgium.
“Ukraine is a long way to go for our team from Portugal and the budget is too much,” said the 30-year-old. “Our next rally will be Ypres where I hope to improve my pacenotes and the set-up of the car. We learned a lot in Corsica but I still need to work on the pacenotes [with my co-driver Paulo Grave].”
Magalhães shot up to eighth position in the IRC drivers’ standings by finishing fifth on Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc last week following a late charge.
He remains the only Portuguese driver to have won a round of the IRC, a feat he achieved on Sata Rallye Açores last July.