The reigning world rally champion gets off the mark in circuit racing after a stunning drive
Kalle Rovanpera overcame a jump start penalty to claim a maiden circuit race win in only his fourth start in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux series at Imola. The two-time world rally champion, contesting a partial campaign in the one-make Porsche series, completed an impressive lights-to-flag victory from pole, but was made to work hard for his first circuit race win.
“The biggest thanks goes to the team as they have been working very hard pushing and learning with me, so that is really nice. “It was definitely not easy I was just trying to hit my marks all of the time and it went quite well but I needed to push even more. It was really good race from us.
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