Jonne Halttunen (born 13 December 1985) is a

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. Currently, he is the

Kalle Rovanperä Kalle Rovanperä (; born 1 October 2000 in Jyväskylä) is a Finnish professional rally driver, who competes in the World Rally Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, alongside co-driver Jonne Halttunen. He is the reigning World Champion. ...

, driving the

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. Previously, they represented

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to participate in the

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category.

Rally career

Kalle Rovanperä Rally Finland 2018 Ruuhimäki

Halttunen made his

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at 2011 Rally Finland. In

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, he started to cooperate with the young Finn

in the

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class. They won the class victory as well as scored their first career points just in their second rally in

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. They won their second and third category victory at 2018 Wales Rally GB and 2018 Rally Catalunya respectively. In

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, they were promoted to the newly-created

category. Having won in

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and

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, the crew led the championship by three points. Halttunen wins the co-driver's championship in .

Rally victories

WRC victories

WRC-2 victories

WRC-2 Pro victories

Career results

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

WRC-2 Pro results

References

External links

Jonne Halttunen
s e-wrc profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Halttunen, Jonne 1985 births Living people Finnish rally co-drivers World Rally Championship co-drivers