Kalle Rovanperä received the award

Kalle Rovanperä won the second world championship of his career this season.

As expected, Kalle Rovanperä won the Rally Car Driver of the Year award. PDO

Kalle Rovanperä pooped for the second time in a row Autosportmagazine’s Rally Car Driver of the Year award.

Autosport’s readers vote for the winner of the award. The award gala was held at the Grosvenor House luxury hotel in London.

As you might expect, drivers who have won the world championship have traditionally been strong winners of the award.

Exceptions have also been seen. In the stump season 2020, the MM title was won Sebastien Ogierbut won the Rally Car of the Year award Elfyn Evans. In 2007 and 2009, he celebrated the World Championship title Sebastien Loebbut they got Autosport’s post Marcus Grönholm (2007) and Mikko Hirvonen.

Autosport magazine was founded in England in 1950. The awards gala was also attended this year by a large number of motorsport stars. In the photo published on Autosport’s Instagram, they were talking on the red carpet, among other things Mika Hakkinen and Christian Horner.

This is how journalist Juuso Taipale analyzes Rovanperä’s chances for the championship before the penultimate race of the season. Aleksi Pylvänäinen

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