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Kalle Rovanpera is a star of the future (and the present). He has already won the Latvian Championship and driven Toyota's 2017 World Rally Car.
Read Martin Holmes' latest article about the 15-year old.
http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...ngest-champion
Will the youngster be World Rally Champion, and if so, at what age???
He is 2wd champion from 2015, but not yet overall champion...
This year he already have 20 points gap against Vorobjovs, and one event left, so if Kalle scores 0 and Vorobjovs scores max - 17 points, Kalle still be on top http://www.autorally.lv/files/s2016/overall-2016-7.pdf or it could be that last event points multiple x1,5, but I don't know that for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by pantealex
Edit: Yes You right, it's still posibility for Vorobjovs to be 1st overall.
Too much PR for the moment, we will see.
Still too young to decide. Latvala was a wonderkid at 17, and still not a champion... And will probably never be
The only downside I see is that he has got driving rallycars together with babyfood. That makes him an advantage to other youngsters. One more thing is the development curve differs between drivers.
Looks very promising atm but still a couple of years to prove what he can do. However wishing him all good.
Like NOT said: we will see.
I agree with this - but at the same time it seems that rally fans are just as guilty when it comes to pushing this guy as the next big thing. Comparing his stage times, sharing videos etc. The fans are doing more than any PR team could ever do. It's certainly an interesting story because he's so young. Maybe he's the young Jedi being trained to take down Ogier in the future. I don't know but for sure they have got everyone's attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
What is most interesting to me - and isn't covered in the article - is what their planned pathway is. You don't have a guy this young driving a top-line R5 car without having something mapped out for him in the future.
Does anyone know what his programme will be next year? And when he can do the Finnish championship, when he can do ERC/WRC etc?
If not mistaken, most of other championships are available from 17 or 18 years, so he will need to wait a bit.
His age doesn't really count. He is 5 years a head of all the other drivers in terms of experience. That is the most important parameter to mesure his talent/speed/consistancy etc.
It seems there’s another young talent on the juveline rally scene…Marco Bulacia Jr, aged 15, is the 2016 Bolivian champ: http://www.diariomotor.com/competici...ya-es-campeon/