Factory World Rally Championship driver Esapekka Lappi has announced plans to pause his professional rallying career.
The two-time WRC rally winner and 15-time podium finisher revealed his decision to take a break from rallying during a Skoda Finland press conference ahead of this weekend’s Porvoon Autopalvelu Ralli – the final round of the Finnish Rally Championship, which Lappi is due to contest.
The 35-year-old said that he may contest individual events in the future, but his career as a professional will take an indefinite pause.
“I won’t say never again, because I’ve said that many times. But for the time
