Kalle Rovanperä drove pole position in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux track series. After Friday’s news, the Finnish ace’s F1 test is even more realistic.
The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux track series continues in Belgium at the Zolder track. The eighth in the series Kalle Rovanperä showed his speed again.
The Finnish rally star shot to pole position. The pole position was a bit lucky, because Rovanperä was the winner after losing second place in the time trial To Domas Raudonis six thousandths. However, Raudonis was disqualified for breaking the track limits.
– The fastest guy’s fastest lap was removed, so we got the first frame for the first race! I’m not completely satisfied with qualifying, but still in the front row in both weekend races, Rovanperä was happy on Instagram decorated with biceps emojis.
Rovanperä is now participating in the fourth race weekend of the series. This is the last of the race weekends, with a total of six of them. Rovanperä has two race wins.
New experiences
Rovanperä has driven only a part of the World Cup rallies this season and expanded his cavalcade of sports. In addition to the Benelux series, the Finn drove the race weekend’s Porsche Carrera Cup Italia series in Monza, taking sixth and eighth places.
After the World Cup rally season, he will participate in the Killarney Historic Rally. It is a traditional asphalt rally in Ireland. Rovanperä participates in the British by Jason Black with a rear-wheel drive, 2.5-liter Toyota Starlet.
Rovanperä told For Dirtfishthat heard from Killarney From Aaron Johnstonwhich is in Toyota’s stable Takamoto Katsuta karter.
Rovanperä beamed that racing in Ireland feels like home because rallying is such a big sport in both Ireland and Finland. There are a lot of fans and the roads are amazing.
– In addition to Aaron’s help, I am really grateful to Jason for letting me use his car. I saw some videos and it looks really good and fast – something like 380 horsepower. That will do!
To the FIA Sporting Delegate organizing the Irish event To Paul Nagle Rovanperä’s registration was a big moment.
– Seeing Rovanperä in the race with Jason’s Starlet is one of the best sights of the season. We are delighted to have the reigning world champion on board.
F1?
For Rovanperä, Friday’s news was also tickling. Toyota returns to formula one after a 15-year hiatus. Toyota has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Haas team.
Rovanperä has spoken publicly about his dream to drive a test F1 car. He has also revealed earlier that the plans have progressed. Through the technical cooperation between Toyota and Haas, Rovanperä’s plan will be even more realistic.