Filip Mares in ERC for at least Azores and Barum: http://filipmares.cz/filip-mares-na-prahu-nove-sezony/

Sounds like he will do more in WRC3, enough to compete for the title he wishes. For me the strategy seems a little strange, I would have liked to have at least seen him have a proper go at his domestic title first and ERC before progressing but it seems to be all the rage these days to get thrown in straight at the deep end.