Rally Sweden has released a 56-car entry list for the WRC’s only snow round of the championship that marks the second round of the series (15-18 February).
Rovanpera has opted to scale back his WRC commitments this year to “recharge his batteries” ahead of a full-time return with Toyota in 2025.
The 23-year-old was tipped to start his half season in Sweden having been absent from the entry list for next week’s season opener in Monte Carlo, where Toyota will field GR Yaris entries for full-timers Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta, with part-time driver Sebastien Ogier piloting the third car.
Rovanpera has previously won Rally Sweden, taking victory in 2022 on his way to a maiden world crown.
Toyota is yet to finalise schedules for its part-time drivers Rovanpera and eight-time world champion Ogier.
However, Toyota WRC team principal Jari-Matti Latvala has hinted that the WRC’s first-ever visit to Latvia in July is likely to be part of Rovanpera’s programme.
“We are still a bit open [with the schedules for Kalle and Seb],” Latvala told Autosport.
“I think what is quite clear is that Latvia is a rally [Kalle might like to do]. In Latvia he has done a lot of rallies when he was young, so this is quite clear that Kalle likes to do that event. It is still possible that both [Seb and Kalle] will be at the some of the events at the same time.”
Source: Autosport