Rovanpera produced arguably his most crushing WRC victory of his career to date to defeat Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville by 46.5s on Estonia’s fast gravel roads.
The reigning world rally champion emerged in the rally lead on Friday despite opening the road. He then went unbeaten across Saturday and Sunday, racking up 13 consecutive stage wins mirroring similar displays by nine-time world champion Loeb.
Loeb achieved a similar feat in Germany 2008, winning 13 stages in a row three years after claiming all 12 stages of a WRC event, when he took victory in Corsica in 2005.
Latvala was unable to explain how Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen were able to deliver such speed in Estonia.
“The way I see it was that Kalle and Jonne were in a flow zone,” said Latvala.
“To get in that zone is something that comes naturally when you are doing things very well. It just happens.
“Finding that zone, that is the question mark. I can’t answer that. It is an amazing performance it is similar domination of an event like Sebastien Loeb did in Corsica in 2005.”
Source: Autosport