Champion in WRC with two matches remaining, he was also crowned mathematically Call Rovanpera. Her guide Toyota triumphed in Rally New Zealandreached six wins this year and took the title for the first time in his career.
In fact, the young Finn, who celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday, “solved” the record for the youngest world champion, held since 1995 by the late Colin McRae who had won the title at the age of 27 years and 89 days. At the same time, Rovanpera, who is in the third season of his WRC career, is the first Finn to win the driver’s title in the championship since 2002 and Markus Gronholm.
Rovanpera completed his attempt at Rally New Zealand in 2 hours, 48 ​​minutes and 1.4 seconds, while the trio of the podium was completed by his French team-mate, Sébastien Ozier (+34.6 seconds), and the -to date-closest “pursuer” of the Finn – Ott Tanak with Hyundai (+48.5 seconds).
After this result, Rovanpera “opened” his lead over the Estonian to 64 points, a gap that will not be covered in the two races remaining until the end of the year, given that the maximum harvest for a driver in any Rally is 30 points (s.p. 25 for the win and another five for the fastest time in the final stage of the race, the Power Stage).
SHOEY TIME! ???? #WRC | #WRCLive | #RallyNZ | @SebOgier | @KalleRovanpera | @JonneHalttunen pic.twitter.com/D3kPOdGBEQ
— WRC – FIA World Rally Championship (@OfficialWRC) October 2, 2022
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