This weekend’s WRC Rally Deutschland event will be Ken Block and co-driver Alex Gelsomino’s first foray into a tarmac event in their WRC Ford Focus. A video has been released to show their preparations for the upcoming event, in practice Block looks like a quick learner but will it be enough to keep up with the WRC big guns?

Block is an interesting case because his rally experience lies almost entirely in RallyAmerica’s schedule, which means he’s only ever run two tarmac rallies, neither in the WRC. The video shows Block’s first-ever WRC tarmac test, which took place four days in advance of the WRC’s German stop.

“With zero tarmac rounds in the Rally America series, Alex and I are at a huge disadvantage here in Germany,” says Block. “We have only raced two tarmac events before, and while we did win both of those events, I have no expectations of keeping up with the veteran drivers here.”

Ford factory WRC driver Jari-Matti Latvala was at the test to throw Block a bone and give him some idea of how fast a WRC car get going, but Block says, “Sitting in the car with Jari-Matti made me well aware of how much I still have to learn about tarmac driving.”

Rally Deutschland kicks off today and runs through the weekend. Check out the video of Block’s efforts below.