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Rovanpera to begin 2024 WRC season in Sweden
The entry list for Rally Sweden, the WRC’s snow round, has been released and features 56 cars. Kalle Rovanpera, scaling back his WRC commitments this year, will return to Toyota in 2025. He was expected to start his half season in Sweden after missing the entry list for the season opener in Monte Carlo, where Toyota will field Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, with Sebastian Ogier driving the third car. Rovanpera has previously won Rally Sweden in 2022. Toyota is yet to finalize schedules for Rovanpera and Ogier, but it is likely that Rovanpera will participate in the first-ever WRC visit to Latvia in July. Privateer Lorenzo Bertelli and Hyundai development driver Emil Lindholm are also part of the Rally Sweden entry list. The rally will also mark Esapekka Lappi’s first event of the 2024 season as he takes over the third Hyundai entry. Additionally, Rally Sweden will kick off the new Junior WRC season with a record 19 entries.
