The Finland driver left Ford and joins in Citroen Total World Rally Team together with his co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen. Mikko Hirvonen together with the 8-times world rally champion Sebastien Loeb will be the strongest rally team. The free place for Mikko was opened when Sebastien Ogier moved into the new team of Volkswagen. At the same time Petter Solberg is a step closer to be a manufacture driver in Ford together with Jari-Matti Latvala.