Kalle Rovanperä gassed the victory in the World Rally Championship in Croatia in a wonderful way.
Kalle Rovanperä’s performance stunned the rally world. AOP
Toyota’s number one cannon Kalle Rovanperä dominates the Croatian World Rally Championship until the closing day. However, the wrong choice of tire on Sunday helped There today to the top in the second to last special stage. It looked like the game was played.
However, Rovanperä pressed the patch to the floor in the last special stage and sensationally rose back to the top and won the race, although it must have been almost impossible without the failure of Today.
Toyota team manager Jari-Matti Latvala for example, admitted after the race that he no longer believed in Rovanperä’s victory before the last special stage.
– I wouldn’t have believed this after choosing a tire. This is the very victory of my career, Rovanperäk also stumbled in a victory interview.
Driven in Croatia as a young man’s teammate Esapekka Lapland was speechless about Rovanperä’s performance.
– I’m not even impressed, I don’t have enough words to praise him, Lapland said dirtfish.comin in an interview.
According to Lapland, Rovanperä drove at a completely different level than the others. So the man was asked if he meant the world championship level?
– No, I mean … Lapland answered and pointed to the sky.
Rovanperä’s performance was divine. He only has the sky as the limit.
“Very smart”
Latvala found Rovanperä’s performance in Croatia incredible, as the young rider dominated the race right from the start, even though the rally was practically new to him.
The other drivers got to drive in Croatia last year, but Rovanperä stopped immediately in the first special stage. So the roads were completely new to him.
– We didn’t expect such a pace from him at this event. I hope he is among the top four. I don’t understand where he found all the maturity, Latvala was amazed.
According to the team manager, Rovanperä drove really sensibly in a tactical sense.
– He has been very smart because he has fallen where he can weigh hard. Those snippets that have been difficult, he has taken more calmly, and then when there has been a place to attack again, he has attacked, Latvala praised.
Esapekka Lappi could no longer find any words that could have described Rovanperä’s superiority. AOP