Rovanpera’s chance of winning in New Zealand

He started a record-breaking course and was so dominant that he Finland native.curry Rovanpera, World Rally Championship Leader (WRC) Get behind the wheel of him Toyota Yaris Rally 1, who were second at home, made an error when the title was most within reach.The young aspirant took the pressure of seeing the crown so close and made two mistakes: rolling in Belgium and crashing into a tree on the Acropolis. Tanak, with nothing to lose, rose from the ashes to add two wins and a second place in the last three events. Thus, if you don’t have 3 games scheduled (New Zealand, Spain, Japan), Ett closed the gap to the leader to 53 points.

Despite the young Nordic star’s failures, Rovanpera still dominates and has plenty of lead to make big dreams come true this weekend. Being crowned in New Zealand is no easy task.

What does Rovanpera need to win the title in New Zealand?

Calculator shows Finns do well to get out of this Entering the rally with a 61 point lead over Tänak and 60 points over Neuville, to win the scepter. With 60 points remaining from the last two races of the year, Rovanpera will need 61 compared to the Estonian. (5 wins for Rovanpera, 3 wins for Tänak, 3 wins to go, including New Zealand).

On the other hand, regarding Neuvillethe situation is much simpler. Hyundai’s Belgium scores 76 points And he needs to shave off 17 points in one fell swoop in this test to stay in contention.

Focused on fighting Tänak, Rovanpera leaves New Zealand with a 61-point margin to wear his first crown, If Kalle scores more points than him on the final Power Stage, it would be good for him to win this weekend and finish second for his Estonian opponent.

The most valuable early record within reach

Kalle’s first three seasons in the WRC were marked by the precocious record he set, and he exploded decisively as a title contender in 2022. At Australia 2017 he was the youngest driver to score points at the age of 17 and finished 10th overall in WRC2 to score points. In Sweden 2020, he was the youngest to finish on the Queen class podium at the age of 19 and the youngest to lead the race. In 2021, after the first two dates, he became the youngest ever World Cup leader (20 years, 4 months and 28 days). And in 2022 it started to wipe out.

Now Kalle faces another ‘match ball’ to become the youngest ever World Rally Champion (WRC). Colin McRae holds the record at 27 years and 109 days. Rovanpera he can overtake from “Kalle” at the age of 21. can’t believe it.