Jonne Halttunen

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 39)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2011–2014, 2017–present
Driver	Kalle Rovanperä
Teams	Škoda, Toyota
Rallies	65
Championships	2 (2022, 2023)
Rally wins	13
Podiums	23
Stage wins	193
First rally	2011 Rally Finland
First win	2021 Rally Estonia
Last win	2024 Rally Latvia
Last rally	2024 Rally Latvia

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	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

#	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

#	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

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. "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.

External links

• Jonne Halttunen's e-wrc profile