Esapekka Lappi

Esapekka Lappi

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 2011
Co-driver:	Janne Ferm
Team:	M-Sport Ford WRT
Vehicle:	Ford Fiesta WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 55 1 7th 41
Championship title:	2016 (WRC 2)
Points:	292
As of January 9, 2020

Esapekka Lappi (born January 17, 1991 in Pieksämäki ) is a Finnish rally driver . In 2020 he will be used as a works driver for Ford in the World Rally Championship .

Career

Lappi won all rallies in the Finnish championship in 2012 and was then signed by Škoda Motorsport to compete in the European Rally Championship . He won this championship in 2014 in his second season. Before that, he competed in a number of WRC rallies for Citroën and Ford and scored his first World Championship points in Portugal in 2013 . In 2015 and 2016 he competed in WRC2. In his sophomore year he won the championship. He was then signed by Toyota for the WRC and took part in the last eight rallies of the 2017 season. He won his first rally in Finland and achieved four more places in the points, so that he was allowed to take part in all rallies as a works driver in the coming season. He achieved three podium positions and fifth place in the overall standings. For the 2019 season he moved to Citroën, where he experienced a changeable season. He finished second three times, but also missed the points six times and was only tenth overall. At the end of the season, Citroën withdrew from the WRC and Lappi switched to Ford.

successes

• World Champion WRC2: 2016
• European Champion: 2014
• Finnish champion: 2012

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2011	Citroën	Citroën C2 R2	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				-	-
										32
2012	Citroën / Ford	Citroën C2 R2 / Ford Fiesta S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				-	-
										25th	DNF
2013	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				1	30th
			DNF			10				31
2015	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				4th	20th
							12	17th	12	8th	42		14th	DNF
2016	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	OUT			16	12
			9	12				21st	14th	8th	7th				11	8th
2017	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	ESP	GBR	OUT				62	11
								10	4th	DNF	1	21st	DNF	9	6th
2018	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	DOOR	GBR	ESP	OUT				126	5
			7th	4th	11	6th	8th	5	3	DNF	3	DNF	3	7th	4th
2019	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN	DEU	DOOR	GBR	ESP	OUT			83	10
			DNF	2	14th	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	7th	2	8th	2	27	DNF	C.
2020	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	DOOR	DEU	ITA	JPN									24	7th
			4th	5	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Two Finns and a Brit: M-Sport announces drivers for the WRC 2020. Motorsport-Total.com, January 3, 2020, accessed January 10, 2020 . 

Web links

Commons : Esapekka Lappi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• WRC profile