PHOTOS – Kalle Rovanperä at the wheel of a Red Bull F1

The 24-year-old prodigy drove an F1 car for the first time, on the Red Bull Ring, on November 1. Rovanperä was able to take the wheel of the Red Bull RB8, with which Sebastian Vettel became World Champion in 2012, beating Fernando Alonso's Ferrari at the end of the last Grand Prix of the season, in Brazil. After his two victorious WRC campaigns, the Finn signed up part-time this season, still with Toyota, with whom he won his titles. The opportunity for him to discover circuit racing, notably with victories in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, for his first events far from dirt roads or winding asphalt roads.

Kalle Rovanperä joins a list of Red Bull drivers who have been able to drive a Formula 1, such as skier Lindsey Vonn or six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Márquez. It remains to be seen whether this first test gallop will be accompanied by others and perhaps a slightly more serious project on the circuit for Rovanperä, as was the case for Sébastien Loeb in 2009, the Frenchman having even come close. to make his debut at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that year…