Already a F1 race winner and SuperGT champion, H_Kovalainen is now a top-class All-Japan Rally champion!
With five wins in the six events prior in their Team Aicello Skoda Fabia, Kovalainen and his co-driver Sae Kitagawa went into last weekend's Rally Hokkaido almost guaranteed of the crown in their first year of competing in the JRC's top JN-1 class for four-wheel drive cars.
It marks Kovalainen's second title success in the JRC following his triumph in the JN-2 class in a two-wheel drive Toyota 86 last year. "I couldn't change the punctured tyre very well because of some damage to the jack mount, so I had to improvise and find another solution to lift the rear of the car up and eventually get it changed," Kovalainen said.
The 2016 SUPER GT champion says he is looking forward to returning to tarmac for both of those events, having proven to be the class of the field in the JRC on sealed-surface roads this year.
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