Hi, friends!

Did you know that young Kalle Rovanpera led the World Rally Championship after first two rounds of this season? Yes he did until the first special stage of Rally Croatia where he destroyed his Toyota Yaris WRC and could not rejoin the rally under super rally rules. The roll cage of his care was damaged and FIA won't allow the car with damaged roll cage because the safety is on the first place in motorsport. 

After that he had string of really poor results and it seems that his confidence was in a bad shape. Your psychology must be super strong to come back after string of poor results but it seems that Kalle is on the right path because he was fastest on today's shakedown of Rally Estonia. He was faster event then the local guy and 2019 WRC champion Ott Tanak who knows these roads like his pocket from the day when he drove Estonian national rally championship.

I know that being fastest on shakedown or a short super special stage means nothing because the real rally starts tomorrow. 

Japanese Takamoto Katsuta, who finished 2nd overall at Safari Rally Kenya, was 3rd fastest at shakedown and I would say that this guy progresses in the best manner. 

There is one more thing that could be interesting - difference between WRC and Rallx2 cars. These special stages are so fast and flowing and it will be interesting to see how big or small the gap will be between those two classes. WRC cars have a big downforce and lots of aero but the difference won't be that big as on technical and slower special stages.

Tomorrow morning starts the real action and you can follow whole results on the following link.

https://www.ewrc-results.com/results/68114-rally-estonia-2021/
RESULTS LINK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkz4_BEsKgM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2lsRneFfQ

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