Perspective: Kalle Rovanperä requires a miracle

Juuso Taipale

There is no reason to throw the ax into the well, writes Juuso Taipale of Iltalehti.

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Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen’s Safari Rally went to the booklet Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

The interruptions are part of the rally. The fact that Kalle Rovanperä did not reach the Kenya Safari Rally is not the end of the world.

However, since this is a goal -oriented racing sport, it cannot be left here.

From the point of view of the World Championship, the Rovanperä Safari Rally was unequivocally disaster. The result could not have been worse.

Then should the World Championship be sentenced? Not at all. Although throwing a ax in a well is a great Finnish folk, you do not need to fall to the loss of all hope.

Only three races have been run in the series. Rovanperä still has every chance to ventilate its third World Cup title at the end of the season.

But it would require that in the future, after the rally, you should write positive racing reports.

The start of the Rovanperä season is the weakest of his World Championship rally. Since three races, the Finn has never pained the award celebrations.

In Monte and Sweden, dissatisfaction with the tires explained the slightest. Kenya looked better, but Lady Fortuna turned her back to the Finn as the weekend progressed.

As the closing day, it seemed to be a big battle win, but the charger fault took everything positive about this race. There is nothing, head up and towards new challenges.

Each point in Safari would have been valuable, as a man who is currently successful. No one can take anything away from Elfy’s Evans, he has been by far the best driver in the series early in the season.

Evans knows that he currently has a track open to the first world championship of his career. Or, a more suitable comparison for British: the front is a blank paint.

It is no longer whether Evans kicks past the ball.

Evans has 88 points after three races. Thierry Neuville has 52 points. Rovanperä’s balance is 31 boys.

A maximum of 35 points are available during one race weekend. It tells about Evans’ superiority.

And reminds you how quickly you can lose such a big difference. Rovanperä longs for a little miracle, but if he is allowed to wait for one.

It does not require more than one competition like the Rovanperä Safari Rally. The zero score and the sweet point boost to Rovanperä, and Oops, 57 points have suddenly fallen tremendously.

Rally stars know this. Evans will avoid zero results like plague in the future, while rivals will thirst for big points in future rallies.

Rovanperä now needs one problem -free rally. If, after the World Championship in the Canary Islands in April, the point difference to the teammate is reduced, the Finn is on the right track.