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World Rally Champion Eyeing Shock Switch to F1 After Announcing Career Change - The Mirror

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Top-class motorsport stars rarely switch disciplines in the modern day but Kalle Rovanpera wants to buck the trend and is eyeing a big future after announcing a move to Super Formula

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It was surprising and a respite for the World Rally Championship. Kalle Rovanpera, the youngest champion in history, has decided to retire, at age 25, to undertake other challenges in motor racing. The Toyota Gazoo team's steering wheel will leave the competition that he won in 2023 and 2024 at the end of the current season to take on a new challenge with singles. In 2026 he will compete in the Super Formula of Japan with the support of the same…

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At 25, Finland's double world champion Kalle Rovanperä announced his start of the WRC at the end of the 2025 season to compete in Japan's Super Formula.

·Paris, France
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Two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanperä from Finland has announced that he will end his rally driving career after the current season and will start racing on circuit tracks in the future.

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According to a statement from Toyota, Kalle Rovanperä will retire from rallying after this World Rally Championship season.

·Finland
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In the next year, Kalle Rovanperè will starve into the formula races, replacing the World of Ralis (WRC) by the Japanese Super Formula. It will continue to have the support of Toyota Gazoo Racing. At 25 years of age, the world of Ralis will therefore open a completely different chapter in its career - with the challenges inherent to a discipline that is unknown to you. The top of the 'squad' of the monolums is Form 1, but not all come there. Acc…

·Portugal
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DirtFish broke the news in on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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