Top Performer – Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen
There is a case to be made for Kalle Rovanpera’s third WRC win, alongside co-driver Jonne Halttunen, as his best yet and perhaps the most telling for the future. Rovanpera scored a maiden win on gravel in Estonia and blitzed the field at his Acropolis debut last year, but this win is his first having to open the road on an event.
Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier has made winning from the front an art form that few have been able to replicate. It requires a certain skill to sweep roads and navigate rutted second passes first, and do so by limiting the damage on the clock.
Rovanpera can now add this skill to his arsenal after demonstrating supreme skill to stay in the fight for victory, sitting second, 4.3s behind Thierry Neuville, who had a better road position on Friday night. This, coupled with his dazzling display in the two night stages on Saturday, set the flying Finn apart from the rest. Elfyn Evans’ 10s penalty…
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