For Kalle Rovanperä, the fell rally was a test competition for the upcoming Swedish World Rally.
The compilation of the second race of the Tunturiralli or Rally Championships in Rovaniemi will be seen on Sunday, February 2, at 5:30 pm on TV2 and Arena.
Kalle Rovanperä arrived in the Rovaniemi SM rally opening mainly to test its car towards the soon-to-be Swedish World Rally. It was valuable in the fell rally to test new Hankook tires in the World Series in the competition conditions.
– It was important to be able to drive. Hopefully, the entire team was given test help so you don’t have to do all the work during the short days of next week, says Rovanperä, who driven to Toyota Rally1.
The new tires did not work in the snowy conditions of the last special stage.
Were the new tires too slow for the Rally1 car?
– I don’t comment on it, Rovanperä briefly acknowledged the question.
Otherwise, Rovanperä enjoyed the Lappish roads.
– This is always a sweet rally. Most of you were in good shape, of course, a bad snowfall. It was unfortunate to be busy, especially with our low studs. But otherwise the roads are always great here, Rovanperä said.
Sports Expert Henri Haapamäki He believed that Rovanperä received important and good background information.
-In the World Series, the tires are the same for everyone, so there is no such difference between cars. But now it is known that grip is much weaker than in previous tires. After all, it affects, for example, the car’s suspension and adjusting the locks, Haapamäki explained.
1. Tuukka Kauppinen 1.52.16.4 (SM1)
2. Kalle Rovanperä +11.5 (outside the SM Series)
3. Esapekka Lapland +38.1 (SM1)
4. Roope Korhonen +1.11.0 (SM1)
5. Teemu Asunmaa +1.37.9 (SM1)
6. Niclas Grönholm +3.59.4 ((SM1)
7. Mikko Eskelinen +4.41.8 (outside the SM series)
8. Jari-Matti Latvala +5.08.6 (outside the SM series)
9. Patrick Enok +5.34.2 (won the SM2 class)
10. Ville Vatanen +5.40.6 (SM2 class)