Esapekka Lappi
 Lappi at the 2015 Rally Poland | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
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| Born |
17 January 1991 Pieksämäki, Finland |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2011–2013, 2015–present |
| Co-driver |
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| Teams | Printsport, Škoda Motorsport, Toyota |
| Rallies | 40 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Stage wins | 31 |
| Total points | 188 |
| First rally | 2011 Rally Finland |
| First win | 2017 Rally Finland |
Esapekka Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion. He is currently competing for Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in the World Rally Championship.
Career
2012
Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship with Ford Fiesta S2000 winning all the 7 rounds of the championship with his co-driver Janne Ferm.[1]
In October, Lappi was signed by Škoda Motorsport. Lappi won his first rally with the team in 2012 Rally Poland which was part of European Rally Championship, driving a Škoda Fabia S2000.[2]
Škoda Motorsport (2013–2016)
In 2013, Lappi competed full season in Asia-Pacific Rally Championship with Team MRF's Škoda Fabia S2000, and selected events in both WRC-2 and ERC with Škoda Motorsport. In APRC, Lappi won three out of six events and finished the season runner-up to his team-mate Gaurav Gill.
In ERC, Lappi competed in three tarmac rallies, winning the last of them Rallye International du Valais in Switzerland. He finished the season fifth in the final standings.
In WRC-2, he also raced in three rallies, winning Rally de Portugal where he also scored his maiden WRC-point finishing 10th overall.
Lappi won the 2014 European Rally Championship title with victories in Latvia, Northern Ireland and Switzerland.
Lappi continued competing with Škoda Motorsport driving their new challenger Fabia R5 in WRC-2 championship. He scored two wins in Poland and Finland on his way to finish the season in third place behind Nasser Al-Attiyah and Yuriy Protasov. Lappi also scored his career-best WRC result finishing eighth in Rally Finland.
He won the 2016 World Rally Championship-2 with the Škoda Fabia R5 after winning in Finland, Germany, Wales and Australia.[3]
Toyota (2017–2018)
Lappi was signed by Toyota Gazoo Racing to drive a Toyota Yaris WRC in the 2017 World Rally Championship.[4] On his second event with the team, the 2017 Rally d'Italia, he won his first ever stage in the WRC, along with five more stage wins. He eventually finished fourth. In just his fourth World Rally Car start, at his home event of Rally Finland, Lappi took his first WRC victory.[5] In October 2018, Toyota announced that Lappi would leave the team at the end of the 2018 championship.[6]
WRC victories
| # | Event | Season | Co-driver | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
2017 | |
Toyota Yaris WRC |
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Printsport | Citroën C2 R2 | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN 32 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 2012 | Printsport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN 25 |
NC | 0 | ||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | Citroën C2 R2 | GER Ret |
GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON Ret |
SWE | MEX | POR 10 |
ARG | GRE | ITA | 30th | 1 | |||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | FIN 31 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 12 |
ITA 17 |
POL 12 |
FIN 8 |
GER 42 |
AUS | FRA 14 |
ESP Ret |
GBR | 20th | 4 | |
| 2016 | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON 9 |
12th | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Škoda Motorsport | SWE 12 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA 21 |
POL 14 |
FIN 8 |
GER 7 |
CHN C |
FRA | ESP | GBR 11 |
AUS 8 | |||||
| 2017 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR 10 |
ITA 4 |
POL Ret |
FIN 1 |
GER 21 |
ESP Ret |
GBR 9 |
AUS 6 |
11th | 62 | |
| 2018 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | MON 7 |
SWE 4 |
MEX 11 |
FRA 6 |
ARG 8 |
POR 5 |
ITA 3 |
FIN Ret |
GER 3 |
TUR Ret |
GBR 3 |
ESP | AUS | 4th* | 104* | |
* Season still in progress.
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Printsport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | SWE | POR | NZL | FIN 5 |
GBR | FRA | ESP | 12th | 10 |
WRC-2 results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON Ret |
SWE | MEX | POR 1 |
ARG | GRE | ITA | 16th | 25 | |||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | FIN 11 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 2 |
ITA 9 |
POL 1 |
FIN 1 |
GER 13 |
AUS | FRA 2 |
ESP Ret |
GBR | 3rd | 88 | |
| 2016 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE 3 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA 9 |
POL 3 |
FIN 1 |
GER 1 |
CHN C |
FRA | ESP | GBR 1 |
AUS 1 |
1st | 132 |
ERC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | AUT | ITA | CRO | BUL | BEL | TUR | POR | CZE | ESP | POL 1 |
SUI | — | 39 | |
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | LIE | CAN | AZO | COR | YPR | ROM | ZLÍ Ret |
POL | CRO | SAN 2 |
VAL 1 |
5th | 64 |
| 2014 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | LIE 1 |
ACR 4 |
IRE 1 |
AZO | YPR Ret |
EST 5 |
CZE Ret |
CYP | VAL 1 |
COR Ret |
1st | 162 |
APRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Team MRF | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 1 |
NCL Ret |
AUS 1 |
MYS Ret |
JPN Ret |
CHN 1 |
2nd | 117 |
References
- ↑ "The perfect ending". esapekkalappi.fi. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Lappi & Ferm make a winning debut in a ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000". esapekkalappi.fi. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Lappi claims title with Australia win". WRC. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- ↑ Evans, David (13 December 2016). "Incoming Toyota launches 2017 Yaris WRC, signs Latvala and Lappi". Autosport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ "WRC rookie Esapekka Lappi wins Rally Finland for Toyota". autosport.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/139286/meeke-secures-toyota-seat-for-2019-wrc-return
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| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jan Kopecký |
European Rally Champion 2014 |
Succeeded by Kajetan Kajetanowicz |
| Preceded by Nasser Al-Attiyah |
World Rally Championship-2 Champion 2016 |
Succeeded by Pontus Tidemand |