Jonne Halttunen (born 13 December 1985) is a Finnish

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. Currently, he is the co-driver of

Kalle Rovanperä Kalle Rovanperä (; born 1 October 2000) is a Finnish professional rally driver who competes in the World Rally Championship (WRC) for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, alongside co-driver Jonne Halttunen. He is a double World Champion, having won the 20 ...

, driving the

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. Previously, they represented

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to participate in the

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category.

Rally career

Halttunen made his debut at

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. In

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, he started to cooperate with the young Finn

in the WRC-2 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

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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 won the co-driver's championship in and 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
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