Kalle Rovanperä scored his fourth consecutive WRC 2 Pro victory at Neste Rally Finland on Sunday afternoon after completing a clean sweep of speed test wins.

The teenage Finn delighted his home fans by winning all 23 special stages in a Skoda Fabia at this ninth round of the season and he now holds a huge lead at the head of the championship.

Rovanperä headed Eric Camilli’s Ford Fiesta by 4min 47.0sec after more than 307km of flat out action in central Finland’s forests.

Nikolay Gryazin claimed his first WRC 2 success to end Pierre-Louis Loubet’s winning run and climb to second in the standings.

The Russian, driving a Skoda Fabia, held off home hero Jari Huttunen by 14.0sec after moving to the front late on Saturday night when leader Loubet crashed his similar car into a tree.

Nikolay Gryazin claimed the WRC 2 win following Loubet's off on Saturday.

“We had some problems and we were just able to manage this win,” said Gryazin. “For the first time here in Finland, to be on the top is really nice. It’s a big experience. Thank you to my team and all of the spectators from Russia who were cheering for us.”

World rallycross champion Johan Kristoffersson swapped codes to finish third in a Volkswagen Polo, nearly two minutes behind Huttunen.

Fourth for Loubet leaves the Frenchman tied for second with Gryazin in the standings. They are six points behind Mexico’s Benito Guerra, who was absent this weekend. Henning Solberg and Paulo Nobre completed the top six.

Emil Lindholm banished memories of a troubled weekend to win all four of Sunday’s tests in a Polo. He finished seventh.

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