Jonne Halttunen

Jonne Halttunen
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985 (age 39)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2011–2014, 2017–present
DriverFinland Kalle Rovanperä
TeamsŠkoda, Toyota
Rallies65
Championships2 (2022, 2023)
Rally wins13
Podiums23
Stage wins193
First rally2011 Rally Finland
First win2021 Rally Estonia
Last win2024 Rally Latvia
Last rally2024 Rally Latvia

Jonne Halttunen (born 13 December 1985) is a Finnish rally co-driver. Currently, he is the co-driver of Kalle Rovanperä, driving the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1. Previously, they represented Škoda Motorsport to participate in the World Rally Championship-2 Pro category.[1]

Rally career

Jonne Halttunen during 2018 Rally Finland in a Škoda Fabia R5.

Halttunen made his debut at 2011 Rally Finland.[1] In 2017, he started to cooperate with the young Finn Kalle Rovanperä in the WRC-2 class.[2] They won the class victory as well as scored their first career points just in their second rally in Australia.[3] They won their second and third category victory at 2018 Wales Rally GB and 2018 Rally Catalunya respectively.[4][5]

In 2019, they were promoted to the newly created World Rally Championship-2 Pro category.[6] Having won in Chile and Portugal, the crew led the championship by three points.[7][8]

Halttunen won the co-driver's championship in 2022[9] and in 2023.[10]

Rally victories

WRC victories

# Event Season Driver Car
1 Estonia 2021 Rally Estonia 2021 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota Yaris WRC
2 Greece 2021 Acropolis Rally 2021 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota Yaris WRC
3 Sweden 2022 Rally Sweden 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
4 Croatia 2022 Croatia Rally 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
5 Portugal 2022 Rally de Portugal 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
6 Kenya 2022 Safari Rally 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
7 Estonia 2022 Rally Estonia 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
8 New Zealand 2022 Rally New Zealand 2022 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
9 Portugal 2023 Rally de Portugal 2023 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
10 Estonia 2023 Rally Estonia 2023 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
11 Greece 2023 Acropolis Rally 2023 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
12 Kenya 2024 Safari Rally 2024 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
13 Poland 2024 Rally Poland 2024 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
14 Latvia 2024 Rally Latvia[11] 2024 Finland Kalle Rovanperä

WRC-2 victories

# Event Season Driver Car
1 Australia 2017 Rally Australia 2017 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Ford Fiesta R5
2 United Kingdom 2018 Wales Rally GB 2018 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5
3 Spain 2018 Rally Catalunya 2018 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5

WRC-2 Pro victories

# Event Season Driver Car
1 Chile 2019 Rally Chile 2019 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5
2 Portugal 2019 Rally de Portugal 2019 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
3 Italy 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna 2019 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
4 Finland 2019 Rally Finland 2019 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5 Evo
5 United Kingdom 2019 Wales Rally GB 2019 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5 Evo

Career results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2011 Santeri Jokinen Honda Civic Type R SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN
50 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2012 Matias Kauppinen Subaru Impreza STi N12 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN
24 		GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0
2013 Matias Kauppinen Subaru Impreza STi MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN
26 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2014 Matias Kauppinen Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN
Ret 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2017 Hannu's Rally Team Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN
13 		27th 1
Kalle Rovanperä Ford Fiesta R5 GER ESP GBR
35 		AUS
10
2018 Kalle Rovanperä Škoda Fabia R5 MON
11 		SWE 23rd 3
Škoda Motorsport MEX
15 		FRA ARG
Ret 		POR ITA FIN
14
Škoda Motorsport II GER
10 		TUR GBR
9 		ESP
12 		AUS
2019 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON
18 		SWE
18 		MEX FRA
Ret 		ARG CHL
8 		13th 18
Skoda Fabia R5 Evo POR
6 		ITA
9 		FIN
9 		GER
16 		TUR
18 		GBR
9 		ESP
12 		AUS
C
2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON
5 		SWE
3 		MEX
5 		EST
5 		TUR
4 		ITA
Ret 		MNZ
5 		5th 80
2021 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON
4 		ARC
2 		CRO
Ret 		POR
22 		ITA
25 		KEN
6 		EST
1 		BEL
3 		GRE
1 		FIN
34 		ESP
5 		MNZ
9 		4th 142
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
4 		SWE
1 		CRO
1 		POR
1 		ITA
5 		KEN
1 		EST
1 		FIN
2 		BEL
62 		GRE
15 		NZL
1 		ESP
3 		JPN
12 		1st 255
2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON
2 		SWE
4 		MEX
4 		CRO
4 		POR
1 		ITA
3 		KEN
2 		EST
1 		FIN
Ret 		GRE
1 		CHL
4 		EUR
2 		JPN
3 		1st 250
2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE
39 		KEN
1 		CRO POR
31 		ITA POL
1 		LAT
1 		FIN GRE CHL
1 		EUR JPN 6th* 86*

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Points
2017 Kalle Rovanperä Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR
15 		AUS
1 		15th 25
2018 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX
5 		FRA ARG
Ret 		POR ITA FIN
4 		3rd 90
Škoda Motorsport II GER
2 		TUR GBR
1 		ESP
1 		AUS

WRC-2 Pro results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2019 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON
2 		SWE
2 		MEX FRA
Ret 		ARG CHL
1 		1st 176
Skoda Fabia R5 Evo POR
1 		ITA
1 		FIN
1 		GER
3 		TUR
3 		GBR
1 		ESP
3 		AUS
C

References

  1. ^ a b "Jonne Halttunen". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. ^ "2017 Wales Rally GB Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Australia: Neuville Secures Fourth Win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. ^ "WRC 2 in Britain: Rovanperä takes comfortablw win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. ^ "WRC 2 in Spain: Rovanperä nets masterful win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ Evans, David (28 November 2018). "Skoda Motorsport scales back for 2019 WRC2 season, Tidemand exits". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Sunday in Portugal: Rovanperä claims Pro lead". wrc.com. WRC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Halttunen: WRC title means the world". wrc.com. WRC. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Rovanperä wins the 2023 World Rally Championship". 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Red-hot Rovanperä powers to stunning Latvia WRC win". WRC. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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