The Finn was leading h😼is home round of the competition from Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans when he crashed out approximately 11.1 kilometres into the ‘Myhinpää🌺 2’ test, leaving his GR Yaris Rally1 on its roof.

Rovanpera an𝔉d co-driver Jonne Halttunen managed to extract themselves from the car and both were underst🦹ood to OK but tender following routine medical checks when they returned to the service park in Jyvaskyla .

The car itself had to be retired such was the damage incurred in the accident, which spelt an end to the pair’s involve𝕴ment and meant they registered their first no-score of the current campaign.

Alongside his World Rally commitm🎶ents, Rovanpera has been taking on rounds🎉 of the European Drift Masters Series, with the penultimate fixture taking place in Germany next weekend.

The 22-year-old was originallyღ amongst the confirmed starters but has confirmed he will no lonဣger be attending.

“Not so good news!”, he wrote in a social ꦕmedia post. “Unfort🧔unately I need to skip Drift Masters Grand Prix round 5 Germany.

“I hurt my ribs and back in the Rally Finland crash a bit and now to fully reco꧑ver for the next rallies I decided that we need to skip the next🔯 event. I tried to drive a bit few days ago, but it was a bit too painful.

“We will come back to drifting at the final DMEC round 💃in Poland which is gonna be crazy! See you there,” he add🉐ed.

Rovanpera and Halttunen will reconvene the defence of their World Rally Championship titles at Acropolis Rally Greece, which takes place fro🌳m September 7-10. The remainder of the calendar is made up of Rallꦆy Chile, the all-new Central European Rally, and Rally Japan.