Armstrong can make it five ERC3 wins from five starts on Rally di Roma Capitale this week but will face strong opposition from multiple Italian champion and ERC event winner Paolo Andreucci, who will drive a Renault Clio Rally3 on MRF Tyres.

But it’s a prospect Armstrong is relishing: “He’s a legend of the sport so it will be interesting and it’s nice for me to have good competition to go up against. I don’t really know what our pace will be compared to his but I’m sure as the weekend goes on we’ll get a good idea and try to do the best we can. If we need to improve we’ll try to figure that out. He’s done this rally before so it’s always going to be an uphill battle but it’s a good challenge.”