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World rally champion Calle Rovanperä has his sights set on a future seat formula 1 Following the announcement of a surprise change to single-seater racing.
The Finnish driver, who won the World Rally Championship (WRC) in 2022 and 2023, will drive Japani Super Formula Series next year, the first leg of a journey which he hopes will end at the “highest level” f1,
The 25-year-old Rovanperä will be supported by Toyota in his new venture, for whom he has been racing since 2020. The 25-year-old Rovanperä is the WRC’s youngest-ever title winner, race winner and podium finisher and thus has an excellent reputation in the rally world.
“We’re definitely aiming really high,” Rovanperä told rallying website Dirtfish. “It all depends on how everything goes and we definitely set our targets at the highest level and we will work towards it and see what we get from it because, as you know, in life and especially in motorsport, you never know what is going to happen.
“You need to be in the right place at the right time and a lot of things need to go your way. But yes, of course we still have time.
“I’m only 25 and when we start working on it now, which is the plan, our goal is definitely to get it done.”
Rovanperä said his medium-term goal is a Formula 2 seat in 2027, but he did not turn his nose up at the prospect of racing in endurance competitions such as the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans event in the future.
“I just know my plans for the next few years,” he said. “I know we will go to Super Formula. After that, we will work towards the next category step, which will be Formula 2, and we will see how everything goes.
“I can’t tell you right now what my ultimate goal would be. I tell you it’s the highest level. Formula 1 is the highest level, but obviously there are so many great series and events in circuit racing.
If you ask me, would I like to do Le Mans one day? Sure. If I get the chance I want to do Le Mans and do all these big races. There are so many possibilities.”
Super Formula consists of 12 rounds across Japan from April to November, including races at tracks such as Suzuka and Fuji. Liam Lawson The last F1 driver to compete in the series was in 2023.