Teen Rovanperä is a hit on the big stage with the ERC

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Published 17/09/2016 at 23:48 GMT

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Eurosport

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Rallying wonderkid Kalle Rovanperä is competing on an international stage for the first time alongside the ERC on Rally Liepāja and is amazing all with his speed.

51 Rovanpera K. Pietilainen R. Skoda Fabia R5 Action during the 2016 European Rally Championship ERC Liepaja rally, from september 16 to 18 at Liepaja, Lettonie - Photo Jorge Cunha / DPPI

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Still only 15, the son of WRC event winner Harri Rovanperä can’t compete for ERC honours but is driving all of the Liepāja stages as part of the Latvian Rally Championship, which he currently leads.

A loss of power steering on his ŠKODA Fabia R5 cost him nearly five minutes during the morning, but he was faster than anyone on stages one and four and only a combined 0.9s slower than Ralfs Sirmacis across the day’s final three stages.

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