As we talked about after Arctic he needs to show he can do well on other types of rallies than fast gravel/snow.
Portugal fits that, but as pointed out punctures often play a role there.

One of the tarmac rallies should be next imo. Croatia could have been ideal imo. Next tarmac rallies are much later in the season.

The advantage of that is that a good result later in the season is always more "remembered" than early in the season when it comes to picking drivers for next year. Then again most seats might already be taken....
Additional danger is that Hyundai introduces new I20 which is much better and maybe even the new Fabia is ready by then (August+).