Elfyn Evans has vowed to come back stronger when he return to the World Rally Championship in Monte Carlo this week.

The Dolgellau-born flier will drive a DMACK Ford Fiesta RS when the 2017 campaign gets underway on Thursday.

Evans spent two seasons in WRC with M-Sport’s main squad but after losing the drive spent spent last year in WRC2 and the British rally Championship which he won.

The 28-year-old will be M-Sport’s third registered points scorer in the French Alps.

Evans, speaking to autosport.com, said: “I never doubted this is what I wanted to do.

“But when I was on the outside looking in last year, it really hammered it home just how much I did want this.

Evans used DMACKs for his British Rally title triumph last year.

And he added: “It would have been easy to spit the dummy out and say: ‘No, I don’t want to do that.

“But if I’d done that the result would probably have been that I probably wouldn’t have driven a car again.

“I had to grit my teeth and get on with it.

“It’s fair to say the last year has toughened me up a bit and taught me plenty, it’s been a life experience as much as anything else.

“I knew you could never take anything for granted in motorsport, but I know more than ever that nobody’s guaranteed their seat.

“When you’ve been through this kind of thing, you do come back with a different perspective and you come back stronger.”

Evans, whose best result in WRC is second, will be reunited with former co-driver Dan Barritt for this year.”