Kalle
Rovanperä
Finland
Date of birth | 1 October 2000 |
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Place of birth | Jyväskylä |
Age | 25 |
Nationality | Finland |
Career start | 2015 |
Disciplines | Rally / Drift Racing |
Kalle Rovanperä first came to the world's attention at the age of eight, when a video showing him expertly piloting a rally car around the dirt tracks near his family home went viral. The son of former WRC driver Harri Rovanperä, Rovanperä has been driving cars since the age of six, and bikes and ATVs since he was three. That connection with whatever he's behind the wheel of has been developing since before he can remember.
He took part in his first rally, in Estonia, at just 10-years-old, and was competing in Latvia at 13, albeit only on special stages. (His father's old co-driver, Risto Pietiläinen, had to take the wheel on the public roads.)