Onboard rally video of the day - Kalle Rovanpera with Toyota Yaris Rally1 at WRC Rally Finland 2025
Hi, friends!
Kalle Rovanpera is having tough time this season because he has real problems with adaptation to Hankook rubber. And he is not the only one. Current World Rally champion Thierry Neuville also can't find the form after the switch to Hankook and it seems that Neuville is in even bigger problems because he still didn't win this season and Rovanpera has two wins in 2025.
Just to remind you that Rovanpera didn't have a full program last year because he wanted to take a sabatical season after being a professional rally driver from middle teenage years of his life.
He drove some drift series on tarmac and that helped him a lot because he won on tarmac - at Islas de Canarias 2025 event. But he could not find the grip on gravel - until his home event in Finland.
He showed class there with the win and how impressive it was, you can see on this onboard rally video. Please enjoy because this is a masterpiece in rallying...
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He is a gifted driver - I'm sure he'll "get hold" of the new tires and figure it out....
100% sure
Unfortunately, I think it's going to take Neuville a bit longer. I don't have much faith in him and Hyundai these days... Tanak seems to coming along though. Find it very strange how the top 2 teams (sorry Ford) are at such opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to tires and how they work - even though they all are running the same with the same options....
Toyota is just better team at the moment. Also Hyundai team boss could be a problem...
what on earth are you doing still up - its 1am there!!! Go get some rest my good man!!! Oh and yes, Toyota is a better team, at the moment.....
:D