Harri Rovanperä
Rovanperä in 2005.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality |
 Finnish
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| Born |
8 April 1966 Jyväskylä |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1993 – 2006 |
| Co-driver |
Risto Pietiläinen Voitto Silander Juha Repo
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| Teams | SEAT, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Škoda |
| Rallies | 111 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 15 |
| Stage wins | 77 |
| Total points | 171 |
| First rally | 1993 1000 Lakes Rally |
| First win | 2001 Swedish Rally |
| Last win | 2001 Swedish Rally |
| Last rally | 2006 Wales Rally GB |
Harri "Rovis" Rovanperä (Jyväskylä, 1966) is a Finnish rally driver who competed in the World Rally Championship from 1993 to 2006. He drove for SEAT (1997–00), Peugeot (2001–04), Mitsubishi (2005) and Red Bull Škoda Team (2006). Rovanperä was known as a loose surface specialist.
Rovanperä won the small Group A Finnish Rally Championship title in 1995 at the wheel of an Opel Astra. After a few outings on his national World Rally Championship event Rally Finland, he was hired by SEAT to drive the SEAT Ibiza Kit Car, with which he won SEAT's third consecutive 2L World Rally Championship title in 1998. Next year in 1999, he took part in the top class World Rally Championship with the SEAT Córdoba WRC E2 finishing in the third place in the last event of the season at the 55th Network Q Rally of Great Britain. In 2001, he was hired by Peugeot. Driving a Peugeot 206 WRC, he took his first WRC win at the Swedish Rally. The same year he finished fifth in the overall championship only eight points behind the winner, Richard Burns, despite missing two rallies.
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