The Finnish driver has become the latest star of the by putting yourself in command of a . The double world champion was in the and he got into a top-flight car, having suggested the possibility of doing so at the start of the season and a post on his social media in Milton Keynes fueled speculation.
To prepare for the exhibition visited the headquarters of For sit down and participate in a simulation session: “We adjusted the car seat to check that everything was okay in the cockpit for the test, then we did a morning session in the simulator to test different single-seaters from the smallest category until we reached the largest ones.”
“I was able to master the track and all that,” he said. before heading out onto the track. “I’m still a racing driver, so I want to show my potential and try to do well.”
The Finn took to the circuit last week, where he made his single-seater debut, first with a Formula 4 then a Formula Renault 3.5, before launching into a Formula 1 of the previous generation. He completed around 40 or 50 laps on the track where he participated in this year's Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux.
“It was a great day, I got to drive three different cars. I did quite a few laps and, of course, Formula 1 was something I had been looking forward to for a long time, so it was great.” to finally be able to drive it,” he said. “The day went well and I had a really good feeling. The biggest difference between rallying and Formula 1 is that a rally car moves a lot more of the body.”
“The Formula 1 is a bit like a go-kart car, it doesn't move the suspension much, but it has incredible grip and of course the Formula 1 has a huge amount of downforce, which allows you to ride a lot faster. in the corners,” he continued. “It’s also physically very different.”
“There is a lot more lateral G-force, the car brakes a lot and turns more, the driver perceives it in a very different way, there is a lot more G-force and the car has incredible grip,” he said. -he declared. “Actually the first time you sit there it feels very different to a rally car, you also sit in such a different position it feels very different, but it was great to be able to feel it.”
This year, Kalle Rovanpera expanded his horizons in motorsport and ventured into circuit racingafter opting to do a partial WRC campaign with Toyota, before returning in 2025. The Finn took part in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, in which he won three races, and also took part in a test in the Carrera Cup.
At 24, he is also a regular drifter, a modality in which he sometimes competes, and has revealed his ambition to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He is not the first star to drive a Grand Circus car, because And Sébastien Loeb They have already done it, the first of them with a Jordan in 1996 on the Silverstone circuit as part of a exchange with Martin Brundle and his Subaru Imprezaand with the second of them in a Renault on the Paul Ricard circuit, before doing the same with a Red Bull RB4 during a winter test at the Barcelona-Catalonia Circuit in 2007where he was eighth.
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