Last updated 19:47, Thursday, 14 August 2008

ROUND four of the 2008 Pirelli-supported Fiesta SportingTrophy International series - which is run by M-Sport - sees 10 crews at Rallye Deutschland, a record number of entrants for the 2008 championship.

Already this season the series has seen three different winners in as many events as competition begins to heat up with just three rounds remaining.

Battling for a prize of tuition with former WRC champion Marcus Grönholm in a Ford Focus RS WRC, Rally Germany will be a crucial event in the championship race.

Burcu Çetinkaya (27) from Turkey and co-driver Çiçek Güney (26) currently lead the championship by five points over fellow team-mates Emre Yurdakul (25) from Turkey and his co-driver Can Erkal (24).

Çetinkaya has been the most consistent of all FSTi drivers scoring on every event this year, which included a win on her home event in Turkey.

Contesting the FST Belgium this year - a predominantly Tarmac championship - will put her in good stead ahead of the first Tarmac FSTi round in Germany.

After a did-not-finish on round one, Yurdakul struck back with a second in Turkey and, more recently, a rally win on the high-speed stages of Finland.

Fellow countryman and Castrol Ford Team Türkiye members Koray Muratoglu (30) and co-driver Levent Özokutucu (22) have come right back into contention after a solid second place in Finland, advancing them to third in the championship.