Rovanperä quits rallying

WRC – SPIN, The Rally Pod digests the bombshell news that Toyota's two-time WRC champion is switching to circuit racing

SPIN, The Rally Pod digests the bombshell news that Toyota's two-time WRC champion is switching to circuit racing

Kalle Rovanperä dropped a bombshell when he announced he’d been leaving the World Rally Championship this year, in pursuit of his circuit racing dreams.

A shock, yes. But a surprise? Maybe not.

David Evans and Luke Barry digest the news, discuss the reasons behind Rovanperä’s decision, and consider what it means for both him and the WRC on a special edition of SPIN, The Rally Pod.

And of course, there is one immediate question to answer: who will step into Rovanperä’s WRC drive with Toyota?

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Tags: Kalle Rovanperä, SPIN The Rally Pod, WRC, WRC 2025

Publish Date October 9, 2025 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2025/10/ROVANPERA09FIN25tb181-780x1170.jpg October 9, 2025

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