Jukka Honkavuori, who won the competition in 2020, will also drive in the team. The Dubai competition celebrates its 20th anniversary in January.
23.12. 12:00•Updated 23.12. 14:00
The top names in Finnish motorsport Kalle Rovanperä and Jukka Honkavuori will drive in January in the Dubai Grand Prix.
Jukka Honkavuori, the multiple Finnish champion of track driving, has participated in the Dubai competition in several previous years. He got the newest team together from his own friends and acquaintances, whom he has also trained.
– We talked with Kalle in the pit about the idea of running an endurance race together, and things slowly started moving forward from there, Honkavuori enthuses.
The car association also participates in the 24-hour driving performance Jani KäkeläGerman Mark Wallenwein mixed Joel Monegro From the Dominican Republic. According to Honkavuori, an excellent team, so a great experience can be expected from the competition.
The five drive a Porsche GT3R in the Proton Huber Competition team.
Kalle Rovanperä is known as a two-time rally world champion. Honkavuori believes that the rally man can also do well in track driving.
– Kalle has a natural talent for driving, he has already driven anything. I’m going to race with him with confidence, the speed can be found quickly.
The challenge is sand and darkness
Honkavuori has won the Dubai competition in 2020, and many competition experiences have accumulated.
It is a day-long continuous competition, where each driver takes turns driving in his own class. The driving session lasts a couple of hours per driver, in between the cars are serviced and refueled. The drivers include both professionals and amateurs.
Honkavuori’s fervent expectation is that the whole 24-hour race run will be successful without any problems.
– All five of us are competitive guys, but we go with good feelings and hard goals. We are going to get at least a win in our own category.
What makes the competition challenging is that there are several cars of different classes on the track at the same time. There are many differences in speeds and drivers.
In Dubai, especially at night, it is dark, which requires extra care when driving.
– The brisk five-kilometer course is in the middle of sand, and there is a lot of dust flying, Honkavuori adds.