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]

Jonne Halttunen
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1985-12-13) 13 December 1985 (age 38)
World Rally Championship record
Active years20112014, 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

Rally career

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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

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WRC victories

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

WRC-2 victories

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

WRC-2 Pro victories

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

Career results

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WRC results

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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

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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

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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

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  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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