Kalle Rovanpera says it was a 'stupid crash' that threw him out of RallyFinland on Friday. The Toyota WRC driver had been leading his home event until that point and it's unclear if his car will be repaired by tomorrow.
Kalle Rovanpera says he was surprised by a “stupid crash” while leading Rally Finland that has cost him a chance to win his home World Rally Championship round.The reigning world champion seemed to be in control of the rally, winning five consecutive stages to open up a 5.7s lead over Toyota team-materesulting in his GR Yaris rolling onto its roof during the second pass of the fast and undulating Myhinpaa gravel test.
“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 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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