Esapekka Lappi
 Lappi at the 2015 Rally Poland | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Finnish |
| Born | 17 January 1991 Pieksämäki, Finland |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2011 – present |
| Co-driver | Janne Ferm |
| Teams | Printsport, Škoda Motorsport |
| Rallies | 15 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 7 |
| First rally | 2011 Rally Finland |
| Last rally | 2016 Rally Sweden |
| Last updated on: After 2016 Rally Sweden. | |
Esapekka Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion and 2014 European Rally Champion. He currently drives for Škoda Motorsport with Škoda Fabia R5 mainly in WRC-2 championship.
Career
2012
Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship with Ford Fiesta S2000 winning all the 7 rounds of the championship with his co-driver Janne Ferm.[1]
In October, Lappi was signed by Škoda Motorsport. Lappi won his first rally with the team in 2012 Rally Poland which was part of European Rally Championship, driving a Škoda Fabia S2000.[2]
2013
In 2013, Lappi competed full season in Asia-Pacific Rally Championship with Team MRF's Škoda Fabia S2000, and selected events in both WRC-2 and ERC with Škoda Motorsport. In APRC, Lappi won three out of six events and finished the season runner-up to his team-mate Gaurav Gill.
In ERC, Lappi competed in three tarmac rallies, winning the last of them Rallye International du Valais in Switzerland. He finished the season fifth in the final standings.
In WRC-2, he also raced in three rallies, winning Rally de Portugal where he also scored his maiden WRC-point finishing 10th overall.
2014
Lappi won the 2014 European Rally Championship title with victories in Latvia, Northern Ireland and Switzerland.
2015
Lappi continued competing with Škoda Motorsport driving their new challenger Fabia R5 in WRC-2 championship. He scored two wins in Poland and Finland on his way to finish the season in third place behind Nasser Al-Attiyah and Yuriy Protasov. Lappi also scored his career-best WRC result finishing eighth in Rally Finland.
Career results
WRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Printsport | Citroën C2 R2 | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA | ARG | GRE | FIN 32 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | NC | 0 | |
| 2012 | Printsport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN 25 |
NC | 0 | ||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | Citroën C2 R2 | GER Ret |
GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON Ret |
SWE | MEX | POR 10 |
ARG | GRE | ITA | 30th | 1 | |||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | FIN 31 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 12 |
ITA 17 |
POL 12 |
FIN 8 |
GER 42 |
AUS | FRA 14 |
ESP Ret |
GBR | 20th | 4 | |
| 2016* | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON 9 |
12th | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Škoda Motorsport | SWE 12 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS |
* Season still in progress.
SWRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Printsport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | MON | SWE | POR | NZL | FIN 5 |
GBR | FRA | ESP | 12th | 10 |
WRC-2 results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | MON Ret |
SWE | MEX | POR 1 |
ARG | GRE | ITA | 16th | 25 | |||||||
| Esapekka Lappi | FIN 11 |
GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR 2 |
ITA 9 |
POL 1 |
FIN 1 |
GER 13 |
AUS | FRA 2 |
ESP Ret |
GBR | 3rd | 88 | |
| 2016* | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE 3 |
MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN | FRA | ESP | GBR | AUS | 4th | 15 |
* Season still in progress.
ERC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | AUT | ITA | HRV | BGR | BEL | TUR | PRT | CZE | ESP | POL 1 |
CHE | — | 39 | |
| 2013 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | LIE | CAN | AZO | COR | YPR | ROM | ZLÍ Ret |
POL | CRO | SAN 2 |
VAL 1 |
5th | 64 |
| 2014 | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | JÄN | LIE 1 |
GRE 4 |
IRE 1 |
AZO | YPR Ret |
EST 5 |
CZE Ret |
CYP | VAL 1 |
COR Ret |
1st | 162 |
APRC results
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Team MRF | Škoda Fabia S2000 | NZL 1 |
NCL Ret |
AUS 1 |
MYS Ret |
JPN Ret |
CHN 1 |
2nd | 117 |
External links
References
- ↑ "The perfect ending". esapekkalappi.fi. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Lappi & Ferm make a winning debut in a ŠKODA Fabia Super 2000". esapekkalappi.fi. 2 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.