Co-driver Enni Mälkönen has learned how to turn setbacks into triumphs.
Esapekka Lappi secured his first victory of the season in the Finnish Rally Championship, winning in Savonlinna on Saturday.
Esapekka Lappi and Jari-Matti Latvala are lining up in the same rally for the first time in a long while.
Last season, Esapekka Lappi competed in the WRC with a Rally1 car, but this weekend he is chasing his first victory of the season in the Finnish Rally Championship round in Savonlinna.
Tuukka Kauppinen from Finland has rapidly emerged as one of the most exciting future prospects in the rallying world.
Esapekka Lappi made his return to the Finnish Rally Championship last weekend.
Kalle Rovanperä was the biggest star at last weekend’s Arctic Lapland Rally, but the show was stolen by 18-year-old Tuukka Kauppinen.
Esapekka Lappi found himself outpaced by young challenger Tuukka Kauppinen at the Arctic Lapland Rally.
Tuukka Kauppinen, a promising rally talent, has won the Tunturiralli.