Rovanpera surprised by “stupid” WRC Rally Finland crash

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'It was quite a, let’s say, stupid crash.' 🗣️ Kalle Rovanpera has explained his accident in RallyFinland that has cost him the chance to win his home WRC round ⬇️

“It was quite a, let’s say, stupid crash. We just went into one right-hander and the speed was fine and after the braking it felt the corner was going to be good,” said Rovanpera.

“I didn’t expect anything to happen and I don’t know maybe the small [lower class] cars line [in the road] was really narrow and I went on some s**t and it was a big slide that I couldn’t correct." When asked if there was anything he could have done to save the car, he added: “It was actually the first time in a long time that I had something to do which is always a big shame. Normally you go through somewhere fast and you know you made a mistake but it went and that was it. I tried to correct it and couldn’t do it.”Photo by: Toyota Racing

As Finland’s first world champion since 2002, Rovanpera carried a weight of expectation on his shoulders as a large crowd hoped to witness a first Finnish winner at the event sinceReflecting on a missed opportunity to claim a first Rally Finland win, he said: “It is disappointing because the lead was going quite well and the driving was quite easy and I didn’t overpush.

 

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