The present FIA World Rally Championship factors chief Kalle Rovanperä will swap from piloting a four-wheel-drive Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 automotive over to sliding a rear-wheal-drive Toyota Supra Gazoo Racing drift machine as he takes time to get pleasure from himself after the profitable season begin in rallying.
Rovanperä will likely be a wildcard driver on the 2022 Drift Masters European Championship season-opener at Mondello Park in Eire this weekend (7-8 Might) the place the 21-year-old will take the wheel of his personal Toyota Supra drift automotive, which has been constructed by the legendary Japanese drifter Daigo Saito.
He has additionally dedicated to enter one other spherical later this summer season within the DMEC collection, in Sweden which takes place on the Drivecenter Enviornment on 1-2 July.
Nevertheless this isn’t the primary time the younger Finn has competed in drifting and has finished two home rounds again in 2021, he gained the Venetsia Drifting occasion on the Venetsia Eve celebration weekend in Kokkola, Finland in his Toyota and that sparked an curiosity to proceed with drifting to get pleasure from himself throughout the off weekends in WRC.
“I’ve been doing a little drifting through the years, and it’s all the time been the plan to do some worldwide occasions if attainable,” Rovanperä stated.
“I feel what I like most about drifting is, for me, it’s extra free. It’s nonetheless actually onerous and on the restrict, simply otherwise. After all whenever you put the helmet on you all the time attempt to push as a lot attainable and have the very best outcomes, however that isn’t the one objective for us. The automotive is sort of new for me, so we’re additionally right here to have enjoyable, practice and hopefully give a very good combat to the drivers who do that as their principal sport.”
