King Kalle Rovanperä Secures Record-breaking WRC Title in New Zealand
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2022
- KING KALLE SECURES RECORD-BREAKING WRC TITLE
Finnish wunderkind Kalle Rovanperä obliterated the FIA World Rally Championship record books after sealing a historic title with victory at Repco Rally New Zealand.*
At 22 years and one day old, the Toyota Gazoo Racing driver becomes the youngest driver in the history of the sport to lift the crown - sweeping aside the record previously held by Colin McRae, who won in 1995 aged 27 years and 89 days.
Rovanperä, who is co-driven by Jonne Halttunen, required seven more points than Hyundai i20 N rival Ott Tänak to seal the deal at this Auckland-based 11th round.
With a hefty lead already earned on Saturday, he remained unchallenged over Sunday’s final four gravel tests and emerged from the rally-ending Wolf Power Stage having done more than enough - heading a GR Yaris 1-2 by 34.6sec ahead of eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier as a frustrated Tänak settled for third almost 50sec behind.
This season - only Rovanperä’s third in the sport’s top-flight - proved to be nothing short of extraordinary. After a shaky start at the season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo, the Finn romped to a hat-trick of successive wins in Sweden, Croatia and Portugal.
Road-opening duties at Rally Italia Sardegna left Rovanperä down in fifth but he was soon back to winning ways, triumphing in Kenya and Estonia before further extending his advantage with second overall on home soil.
The youngster’s form then took a brief downturn when he spectacularly rolled on the opening day of Ypres Rally Belgium. He also finished a lowly 15th in Greece due to another off-road excursion.
Victory in New Zealand on just his 30th start at the WRC’s elite level leaves Rovanperä with an unassailable 64-point lead over Tänak with two rounds to spare.
"It's quite a big relief after such a good season and finally we are here," beamed the newly-crowned champion.
"It was a small wait after a few difficult rallies, but the biggest thanks goes to the team - they made this rocket this year. Even after all the difficult rallies they were believing in us and giving us all the support."
An emotional Jari-Matti Latvala - team principal of Toyota Gazoo Racing - stressed the importance of having a Finnish champion after a 20-year drought since Marcus Grönholm took the title in 2002.
“In a way I would like to cry, but I can't cry here,” he said. “It's really important what Kalle has done. First of all, it’s amazing for a 22-year-old to be breaking all the records and taking the championship title.
“At the same time, it is so important for Finland because it has been 20 years and that’s a very long time. I am so grateful that Kalle did it - he is a superhero.”
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Thanks Red Bull, much better event coverage than the official WRC channel! We're partying for Kalle here in Finland 🇫🇮🤘
torille
Ott Tanak, man of class and a great sportsman! Congratulating Kalle’s dad too, what a classy guy 🙌
Ott in the right car is always a top contender
@@donbrashsux I hope to see him and kalle competing for many years.
@@donbrashsux Man.. How i wish he come back to Toyota..
His speed coupled with Toyota's fast yet reliable car? Stuff of dreams
@@AbrahamArthemius yes it’s a real shame he won’t ..
@@AbrahamArthemius Something tells me that Ott wont be back ina Hy-Undies next year. Most likely M-Sport is his next stop
Tänäk looked into camera..... whatta sportsman, and terrific pilot, no second word about it .
"Hey you wanna make sure to get to the finish line safe and sound, ye?" "Yes. Full send." World Champion :)
20 years ago, Marcus Gronholm from Finland won his second title there in New Zealand by winning it, 20 years later after 2 decades of waiting Kalle Rovanpera from Finland won his first WRC title in New Zealand also by winning the event!
The young long-term king of rallies💪🏼🇫🇮
Great drive all season by Kalle & Jonne. Well done, congratulations young Champion of the World ! Finishing with style and the manner ! Well done TGR ! What a way to celebrate one's birthday !
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Great sportsmanship from Ott TANAK & Seb OGIER.
The kid is amazing!!! He lives every moment in every stage he runs 👏👏 I think we have much more to see from him 👍👍
He is amazing Kalle Rovanperä! 👏👏👏wow 🔥🔥🔥
Good to see a "Flying Finn" again after French dominance for a long time. Kalle (same name as my son) is extremely talented and very young, he have the potential to break Loeb´s World Titles Record.
And this is how history was made, right here at the Rally of middle earth
Kalle all the way up congrats 👏🎉 bro. Cape Town South Africa
Once again a classy roundup package. Greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Kale is like cosmic star-ship and amazing flying Finland WRC star✨☝️🔥..thnx for your great target 🏆
Kalle* in finnish we use both L,its kal le,sorry that i correct you
Я ждал этого со времен Томми и Маркуса - финны снова чемпионы🏆🤘
Поздравляю сына и папашку Рованперов- ваша многолетняя стратегия оказалась чемпионской!💪
Команда, что взрастила новую звездочку- вы ваще крутые🥇😀
learn english
@@kamppa5978
Учите русский;)
Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾
Nice birthday present for Kalle.
I follow car brands in these races, the real dominance of Asian cars.. Toyota and Hyundai 💯👌
Kalle =👽 number one 👏👏👏👏
A beautiful birthday present to the Young Fin Kalle Rovanperä.
Congratulations and happy birthday Kalle Rovanperä. The future is really bright.
Awesome Toyota team 💪🎉
Word
Good on you brother!!!! thats amazing 😃😊
4:12 "did he back off and cruise?" I don't believe Kalle Rovanperä is capable of backing off!
Congrats to Kalle and Toyota Gazoo Racing But much respect for Ott Tanak.
GR still dominating love to see it. and always so close this one
Maailmanmestareita, perkele!
Jonnet tulee muistaa tämän.
Tai ainakin yksi Jonne tulee muistamaan tämän, ja tulee aina muistettaman tästä. =)
with the drivers championship wrapped up, the focus for Toyota now is to take the constructor title in the next two remaining rallies
I hope they do by the time Japan comes!
Mira chavalin te han regalado el mundial .
Penalizando todo el año Alós demás , como Ah Neuvill y Otanak y Eflin Evans
What a phenomenon this kid is. Between himself, Max Verstappen, and Fabio Quartararo, motor racing is in great hands for the forseeable future.
Full Send
0:35 "Oi! Tänak"
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Supper...kalle
Auckland
KR got stronger head than Evans&Neuville when the shit got real and ofc mad skills and That's why hes now 2 x WRC Champion in age 23 when Evans&Neuville got total 0 WRC titles 👍 Ofc no one can win World Champs without a good team and car but Evans have drive same Toyota many seasons and 0 titles and Hyundai is good team too and Neuville 0 titles..That tells how darn skilled KR #69 really is and he can deal with the pressure better than anyone in WRC atm 👍 Next season is someone else turn to win WRC title and ill hope that Evans will finally be #1! Sry for my English ✌
Zew Zealand
I m 33 yo and is very awkward 2 say this 22 yo kid is my hero..
💨💨💨
Toyota simply the best pls won't u give the Mercedes F1 advice in winning races. Cape Town South Africa
No mention of the WRC2 class - - and NZ's own Hayden Paddon - and Van Giz.
Shame
For that you need to watch the extended highlights on Red Bull TV. We are limited in what we are allowed to show here.
I'm really disappointed with the penalties on tanak. To me it looks like a witch hunt
Rules are rules.
Whole Hyundai team got penalties for the same thing, so did Kalle and Ogier.. All of them witches?
I mean they wouldn't have won anyway taken away the penalties
OTT needs to go to Ford then he will be constantly dangerous
A witch-hunt when Hyundai admitted it was their mistake? And that Toyota were penalised for the same thing?
Righto....
It's Aotearoa New Zealand NOT ZEE ZEALAND I wouldn't mispronounce anybody's country so from an Aotearoa New Zealand Native (Maori) I find this disrespectful and hopefully you will change the Tag headline accordingly
Zew Zealand