Rovanperä dominates Rally Finland Shakedown

The Finns are in good form at home with a double in the Rally Finland Shakedown: Kalle Rovanperä ahead of Esapekka Lappi.

Toyota's Finns shine at home on Rally Finland shakedown. Large leader in the world championship, Kalle Rovanperä set the best time in 1'56″1 in the 4,48 km shakedown organized around Rannankylä. The young prodigy, winner of 5 of the 7 rounds WRC this season, beat his compatriot and TGR teammate Esapekka Lappi by half a second. Ott Tänak (Hyundai) completes the leading trio, 9 tenths behind Rovanperä. “ It is of course nice to participate in my rally At my house, smiled the Finn. The feeling with the car is good and I don't feel any pressure. There's more excitement to see all these people supporting us. Let's hope it's a good weekend.« 

Shakedown finishes with our Finns fastest! ⏱️

1⃣ 🇫🇮 @KalleRovanpera 1m56.1s
2⃣ 🇫🇮 @EsapekkaLappi + 0.5s
3 Tanak +0.9s
4⃣ 🇯🇵 @TakamotoKatsuta + 1.3s
5⃣ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @ElfynEvans + 1.6s
6 Solberg +1.7s#ToyotaGAZOORacing #GRYaris #WRC #RallyFinland 🇫🇮 pic.twitter.com/k4ymKDqqYO

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRT (@TGR_WRC) August 4, 2022

In any case, the Yaris seems very comfortable on the roads of the Rally Finland. The four Japanese entered finished in the top 5 of the shakedown. Takamoto Katsuta (4th at 1″3) and Elfy Evans (5th at 1″6) have made their mark. On the other hand, the crews M-Sport Ford is already slightly behind. The fastest driver behind the wheel of the Puma is Craig Breen (7th at 2″0 from Rovanperä). He is ahead of Pierre-Louis Loubet (8th at 2″4) and the Belgian Thierry Neuville (Hyundai, 9th at 2″4). For his first shakedown in Rally1, Finnish Jari Huttunen (M-Sport Ford) brings up the rear (10th at 3″1). The first special stage of the Rally Finland is organized this evening, from 18 p.m.