Tanak will rejoin the South Korean marque for 2024 after leaving the team with a year remaining on his contract at the end of 2022 to join M-Sport for this season.
The 2019 world champion scored two wins (Sweden and Chile) driving an M-Sport Ford Puma, but has opted to return to Hyundai following a season of misfortune.
Tanak is set to jump aboard the i20 N this month to begin preparations for January’s 2024 curtain raiser in Monte Carlo.
While the Estonian has driven the 2022 specification i20 N, he believes there will be plenty of work to do to be ready for Monte Carlo (25-28 January).
“We will be quite busy, so there will be quite a bit to do in December,” said Tanak. “It is a car I have been in before so I should know it a bit, but I definitely need to refresh myself and also I have some work to do to be ready for next year.
“The expectations won’t be any less and obviously it seems that [team principal] Cyril [Abiteboul] is a strong leader so he doesn’t expect anything less than the win, so we definitely need to deliver.”
Source: Autosport