After posting fastest time at yesterday's shakedown of Arctic Rally 2020, young Finnish driver Kalle Rovanpera is in comfortable lead in front less powerful R5 machinery but on super fast special stages covered with snow and ice.

Well, if you want to be a works driver, you must be quicker then R5 machinery otherwise you don't have to drive top category in rallying.

Rovanpera showed last season that he is top material and that's why he was signed by Toyota WRC team as a third driver and a big potential.

There are two more names to be mentioned here: Emil Lindholm, son of ex-works Peugeot WRC driver, who is showing impressive speed in Škoda Fabia R5. The other name is Formula 1 superstar Valtteri Bottas who drives Citroen DS3 WRC and is currently in 22nd position after some troubles on the last two special stages.

There is another name to be mentioned and it is Niclas Gronholm, son of double WRC champion Marcus Gronholm, who is currently in 8th position in his Škoda Fabia R5.

Tomorrow we have another five special stages and tomorrow we will have a winner.

Enjoy...

photo and video from WRC and youtube