Kid Kalle Rovanperä already full?

The youngest world champion in the history of the WRC, the Finn is putting his crown back on the line. How will the 22-year-old crack approach this season where the attraction of novelty will have disappeared? Will he be able to achieve success again or will he experience a drop in motivation?

Published on 09/01/2023 à 15:45

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Passing of the baton between Loeb, oldest WRC winning driver, and Rovanperä, youngest FIA World Champion in history © Julien Delfosse / DPPI

Without going so far as to say that Kalle Rovanperä's successes in 2021 in Estonia, then at the Acropolis, had gone unnoticed, they may not have had the impact they deserved. Few people saw the threat looming behind his two victories. After all, for a kid who's been driving almost since he could walk and was practically programmed to be a pilot WRC, ces succès n’étaient-ils pas prévisibles ? Et pourtant, personne ne le plaçait parmi les favoris pour le titre début 2022. Au moment du lancement du championnat, Jari-Matti Latvala team principal du Toyota Gazoo Racing, exprimait qu’il faudrait sûrement patienter un peu pour voir Kalle viser la couronne. « With the introduction of the new Rally1s and a technology yet to be discovered, the season looked more uncertain than the previous ones., rembobine aujourd’h