The Frenchman is an ex-WRC driver who heads up the FFSA training scheme and has worked with the likes of Sebastian Loeb and Sebastian Ogier to improve their tarmac skills.
"This rally will certainly be a bit of an adventure with it being on tarmac and somewhere we haven't been before," said Paddon after recce.
"Doing the notes isn't too much of a problem as it's all part of the job, but this rally has so many corners, and a lot of them blind, that getting it all right will be a challenge. It is probably the hardest rally to put a set of notes together for.
"There are hardly any straight bits of road so it'll probably be the slowest rally this year. There are some fast bits but there is always a turn somewhere. During recce there were so many corners it was relentless as you were forever turning and turning.
"Having had some tarmac training will help a lot, but it'll be a while before I'll be able to implement everything I've learned."
The Tour de Corse Rallye used to be called the rally of 10,000 corners and Paddon's pretty sure that's about right. Never shy of a challenge, Paddon and Kennard are being realistic in what they expect as a result at the end of the weekend.
Their ratio of gravel rallies to tarmac is running at around 100:7 so there's still some learning to be done on the black stuff.
To add a little extra spice, or maybe a whole heap of interest, to keep the drivers on their toes, mother nature may just have a hefty say in proceedings.
"The weather is probably going to play the biggest part in the rally. They are predicting 100ml of rain on the opening day, so that'll make it interesting. It's going to be extremely wet and this makes it even more difficult as we don't have a proper rain tyre, only a soft compound that isn't really a wet weather tyre," he said.
Tarmac rallying is still a whole new ball game for Paddon and he's on a steep learning curve. The German rally suited Paddon's driving style more than this event.
Having recent tarmac training will help, but it takes time for the skills learned to become automatic.
Finishing the rally is a priority for the pair and gaining valuable experience for next season, rather than trying to set the fastest stage times and falling off the road.
The rally has nine stages (three a day) with each stage averaging 40km with only two repeat stages that will be hard on tyres.
WRC points after 7 rounds
1. Sebastien Ogier: 235
2. Jari-Matti Latvala: 134
3. Andreas Mikkelsen: 111
4. Mads Ostberg: 90
9. Hayden Paddon: 56
Pitstop
Coulthard off into unknown
Kiwi V8 Supercars driver Fabian Coulthard has put the rumour mill to bed by saying he will leave Brad Jones Racing at the end of the season. He has told the team he won't be back for 2016, but has yet to put pen to paper with another team. Don't be surprised if he pops up at DJR Team Penske.
Murph on for Targa
Multiple Bathurst winner Greg Murphy has dipped his toes into rallying, and is now gearing up to have a punt at Targa New Zealand at the end of the month. The television presenter will be driving the HSV GTS promo car for the week.
Loeb vs Sainz restarts
Nine-time World Rally Championship winner and Pikes Peak record-holder Sebastien Loeb will clash again with long-time WRC rival Carlos Sainz of Spain in this weekend's Rallye du Maroc. The event is a taster for the Dakar Rally in 2016, where the Frenchman will be driving a Peugeot.
V8s all together now
Local fans of V8 racing might be in for a treat at Taupo in a few weeks. The sport has gone through a few dysfunctional years but the inaugural NZ Touring Cars series hits the track with V8 SuperTourers, NZV8 and TLX cars doing battle among themselves on the same track in the same race.
Kiwis too fast
Kiwi Porsche LMP1 drivers Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber are about to have their wings clipped. The hybrid-powered cars are being capped at 740kW for the coming season. The FIA Endurance Commission wants to slow things down on safety grounds.
Under the hood
This column has mentioned on numerous occasions that Formula One is heading into the doldrums. The latest "urgent response" to the problem of dwindling fan numbers is to increase the sound of the cars - an issue that was raised two years ago.
Bigger problems are on the horizon with Sauber and Force India heading to the EU courts, and Red Bull and Toro Rosso saying they've had enough and threatening to head towards the exit door. It's all unravelling rather quickly, especially so when McLaren driver Fernando Alonso said recently he felt like he was driving a GP2 car.
