The current best driver is number 69 Kalle Rovanperä, a young Finn. He was the youngest ever world champion winning the title at 22 years old in 2022. He won again last year. There are some KZread clips of him as a 9 year old driving like crazy. 😄

@MrBanaanipommi

4 ай бұрын

he was 8 years in that video......... he started driving ATV's and mopeds in age of 2-3 years old... 5-6 years he got first field car.... first rally car at age of 8, first actual rally race in 10 years old in estonia with his father, his actual rally career started in age of 14 years...... etc etc

@joonatankahkonen1667

4 ай бұрын

And he does Drifting also and actually won one drifting-event in Japan, with a rear-wheel-drive-modified Toyota Corolla. In Finland he drives a new-ish Toyota Supra at the drift-events..

@akyhne

4 ай бұрын

Almost all famous racing drivers, starts at the age of 7-8 year, doing gocart.

@MrBanaanipommi

4 ай бұрын

@@akyhne yes, but kalle did start ar 2-3 years z(

@MrBanaanipommi

4 ай бұрын

@@joonatankahkonen1667 he came to drift scene first time and won....

Walter Röhl, one of the best of all time, said he doesnt want to drive the Finnish rally because "if I wanted to fly, I would be a pilot"

The co-driver has the notes of every special stage (every turn, how sharp the turn is, every jump, every bump and hole, possible big rocks or tree stumps near the road, etc.) and he is constantly telling the driver what comes next so that the driver can drive at maximum speed the whole stage. Before every race, the drivers and co-drivers drive through the stages and make notes of everything that is noteworthy. Of course if the driver has competed in the same rally several times he might remember the roads, but still something may always change.

@IlkkaPrusi

4 ай бұрын

Yes. They can only drive the stages a couple of times at road speeds before the event and each event has 20ish stages so around 300km of competitive stages to drive. And many of the stages change every year or there's new things to worry about like changes in the road. Nothing like circuit racing..

@akyhne

4 ай бұрын

​@@IlkkaPrusiEach rally event is around 300-350 km in length. Mostly a bit over 300 km. So it's really "only" 140-170 km, they have to map and race.

@IlkkaPrusi

4 ай бұрын

@@akyhne If they drive all stages twice, it is 140-170km of notes, but they need to anticipate how the stages will change during competition with many cars driving them. Then there's front crews like gravel crews on asphalt rallies with notes on where mud has been introduced to the stage by cutting corners. So they have to add those notes to the stage notes, which makes it nearly a new stage from the previous run. And sometimes organizers throw in changes like shortening a stage due to problems and so on. A pacenote isn't a "static" thing, it is alive during the competition.

Yes, the co-pilot is basically telling the driver what to expect next. Kinda like: "slight left, hard right, hairpin left, watch out jump into slight right, narrow bridge..." and so on. He's basically a passenger reading out notes, onboard a cruise-missile flying thru the woods...

@wolfMetall

4 ай бұрын

This comment right here!

Finnish driver Kalle Rovanperä and his co-driver Jonne Halttunen are without a doubt the best in the world at the moment. They won 2022 and 2023 world rally championships.

@Pappa_66

4 ай бұрын

Well, there is so much to tell you about the WRC, that it would be a series of books. At the moment the best Team is Toyota Gazoo Racing and their driver, Kalle Rovanperä. Worlds youngest double World Champion (2022 and 2023). Watch his videos, when he is 8 years old and driving rally. He was also the World Champion in WRC Rally 2 category with Skoda.

the guy in the passenger seat is the co-driver, who reads out notes that were made just for that stage. they drive the stages earlier in road cars and make the notes for the rally. that also explains how the drivers are so fast at reacting to corners, as they roughly know beforehand how severe the corner is, how long of a straight is there before it, if there are bumps, jumps or dips.

Finland is the fastest dirt rally and it's also famous its jumps. Former rally championship winner (-80 & -82) Walter Röhrl hated Finland. Jumps were scary.

@svanteforsblom4264

4 ай бұрын

For a long time already, it has been clear that if the top speed if the car is less than 200 km/h, you won't fight for the podium in rally Finland. Fastest average speed for several years in Finland, and fastest jumps.

The "dolphin" noise you're talking about is the rev limiter being hit repeatedly. You can hear it most obviously when a car goes over a decent sized jump.

@Damicske

4 ай бұрын

Or anti-lag to keep the turbo spinning it's in power band :)

Finnish wrc rally, aka "gravel grand prix." Fastest rally in wrc serie, including asphalt ones.

This would not be possible without a co-driver reading phase notes. Finland is without a doubt the fastest rally in the WRC calender. Around 120+ km/h average speed on the stages. It is time for the first event now in Monte Carlo rally so keep your eyes open and follow it here on youtube as the WRC channel shows highligts that starts the 25th of january. After that it is rally Sweden on snow and ice in february. Have fun 😊

"The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity of the turn, and what obstacles to look out for)." -wikipedia

During the 1980`s, the age of the group B( the golden age of rally ) super cars, 1000 Lakes Rally gathered half a million of finns to forests just to see the rally, that was 10% of the population, but we had the best drivers, Kankkunen, Salonen, Alen, Mikkola, Toivonen, Vatanen and many more.

Driver makes those notes before the start, co-driver reads them. It's like '5th gear, tightens, long right, mind pole inside. 150 to 3th, sharp left etc.'

I recommen the "this is rally" Series by Mr.M.

People who haven't seen wrc live doesn't realize how insanely fast they are going. When you are at a rally and watching the big dogs with 4wd turbo cars like Mitsubishi evo you'r thinking "wow! How tha hell can they go so fast on gravel!?" Then WRC enter.... It's a totally other level.. Btw rally Finland are known for HIGH speed and long jumps. The co driver read the map and tell the driver how the road is 3-4 corners ahead, "in 150meters the road turn hard left" (but in a more effective rally language)

You need to check out Rally group B... that is insane!!

This Rally Finland 2022 was won by Ott Tänak, at the wheel of Hyundai. It was regarded as one of the best driving in recent decades. Because he won it with what was estimated as not the best car at the time. The car was lacking. So he was on the edge, constantly.

The worst rally crashes happened 1986: Joaquim Santos and Miguel Oliveira in Portugal rally, Henri Toivonen and Sergio Cresto in Corsica rally.

You should watch Finnish rally crashes! Anything from JPeltsi

Other things to look up and react: "TT On-Board Like You've Never Seen Before! | 2023 Isle of Man TT Races", "Pikes Peak" and "24h of Lemans" or "Bathurst 12 Hour"

You should chek out Coulthard and Häkkinen in a WRC ride with Kalle Rovanperä.

Kalle Rovanperä rallisuomen rimi Räikkönen from F1. Kalle IS current WRC champpionschips Winner, youngest ever

You can find the best crashes and sound from the group b area The best rally driver clearly is Samir the rally driver, you should look him up 😉

@Damicske

4 ай бұрын

"No SAMIR" 🤣

5 Reasons Rovanperä is a Rally Legend in the Making kzread.info/dash/bejne/hamV2btrgJfUetY.htmlsi=sG-gGpie8hp11qSs A finnish driver Kalle Rovanperä (23 years old), with his co-driver Jonne Halttunen, have been dominating the WRC lately and are already 2 time world champions (2022 & 2023).

Co-driver explained: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dX2gtbqak6nTiLA.html and further "duties": kzread.info/dash/bejne/lH-T1tF_Y9iqpJs.html

Mert you should do reaction to finnish war documentary " miracle of Tali-ihantala". It tells about the biggest battle of nordic ever. There is also ww2 veteran's comment's inculing. There is english subtitles availedable. That end of documentary is really moving.

Mert: have you ever reacted to RALLY CROSS?

could you do video of Stunt Freaks Team: Streetbike ON DIRT - Suzuki GSX-R 1000cc // INSANE MACHINE 52m JUMP!! please? these guys are crazy.

Kalle Rovanperä 69 🤘😁🇫🇮💙👍 In a passeat they read bed⌛📖...😁👍

Martin Schanche

KZread channel called "Antti Kalhola" watch anything by him. His videos are magnificent. Rally and F1 stuff

In my opinion the best action rally driver was Colin McRae

KALLE

Average speed is 95mph on dirt.

@akyhne

4 ай бұрын

Fastest rally ever, was rally Finland 2016, with an average speed of 78,68 mph, or 126,62 km/h. In many events, there are stages, where the average speed is no more that 85 km/h or 53 mph. In that particular 2016 rally, the slowest stage had an average speed of 78.53 km/h, and the fastest 134.63 km/h (48,8 & 83,66 mph respectively). So you are a bit off.

This video kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKGgxsV8ia6Zddo.html has the absolute car disassembly roll by Mikko Hirvonen among others.

I guess I am in a minority as a Finn but I have no interest whatsoever in motor-sports. A couple of days ago Markkanen who plays basketball in the NBA was elected the sportsman of the year and some people were complaining why the ball-bouncer was elected instead of Rovanperä. A bit more competition to say for a start. A global sport versus a sport where ones who could win could all fit in one car.

it would be fun if you watched hockey too! here is the video when Finland won the world championship 2019 🎉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/mnyZ2dugaNGek7g.htmlsi=SPlT9yRIPeIq8XfK

Scottish man and never heard Rally?

@mrolsen6987

4 ай бұрын

Yeah.. Fun story, I was a rally mechanic back in the day. We went from Sweden to Scotland and competed in a rally, and we won 🤘

06:49 give instructions tha co -pilot because 190km/h = 115mph is dangeruse cut curbes. man !!! Drive on gravel roads 70mph / 105km/h and then You realize how dangerous are take curbes if You not no how deep and wich direction or even hill ( jump) mak Your car.