Janne Ferm (born 29 August 1980) is a Finnish

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. He is currently teamed with

Esapekka Lappi Esapekka Lappi (; born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion. He now drives for Hyundai Motorsport. In 2024, he won his second ever event in ...

and is competing for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT in the

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Rally career

Janne Ferm began his

career in 2007, co-driving for several drivers. In 2010, he firmed the partnership with

. In the 2011 Rally Finland, he made his

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debut, where the crew drove in a Citroën C2 R2 Max. In

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, the Finnish crew was signed by

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and competed selected events in WRC-2 in a

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. In

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, the crew won the WRC-2 championship with the

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after winning in

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and

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Esapekka Lappi Rally Finland 2017 Saalahti

Lappi and Ferm were signed by

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to drive a Toyota Yaris WRC in the 2017 World Rally Championship. On their second event with the team, the 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna, the crew won their first ever stage in the

, along with five more stage wins. They eventually finished fourth overall. In just their fourth

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start, at their home event of 2017 Rally Finland, the crew took their first WRC victory. In October 2018,

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announced that both Lappi and Ferm would leave the team at the end of the 2018 championship. They joined

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for the

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, partnering with multiple champion

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. Heading into the 2020 World Rally Championship season with the departure of

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from the top flight of the WRC Lappi and Ferm found themselves moving again, this time to

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. He only lasted at Ford until the end of the

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, as in 2022 Janne and Lappi partnered at Toyota again. For 2023 to present Janne has been a member of Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team.

Victories

WRC victories

Career results

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

SWRC results

WRC-2 results

ERC results

APRC results

References

External links

Janne Ferm
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