Esapekka Lappi, winning comeback

Unlike Hayden Paddon at Monte Carlo, Esapekka Lappi made a perfect start to his WRC 2026 campaign. Faster than Adrien Fourmaux and Thierry Neuville on merit, he showed that he has lost none of his talent, even if he could perhaps have hoped for even better.

Published 18/02/2026 à 17:30

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Nobody expected Esapekka Lappi's return in WRC, and not even the person most directly involved himself. "It's simple, when I received the offer, I initially said no," the Finnish driver admitted when asked about it, on the sidelines of the Rally from Sweden last Thursday, to find out how he had reacted when, at the end of last year, his phone

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