KOVALAINEN GETS SET FOR WRC DEBUT
Ex-Formula 1 driver Heikki Kovalainen is preparing for his World championship debut on the back of a stellar season in Japan.
The winner of the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix claimed this year’s Japanese Rally Championship courtesy of six wins from eight starts in a Skoda Fabia Rally2.
Such was the Finn’s dominance this season that he took the title with one event remaining having tackled his first rally in the country back in 2016.
The 41-year-old will be among 17 drivers contesting the WRC2 category on Rally Japan. The lineup includes Japanese legend
Toshi Arai, the two-time Production World champion.