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Title: Father's Son
Post by: saunaman on April 23, 2010, 22:06:04

8-year old son of finnish rally driver Harri Rovanperä makes a demonstration on how to handle a car...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyyWnUAgMQ4
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Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: 2i30s on April 23, 2010, 22:34:44

 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :cool: :cool:

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: Dazzler on April 23, 2010, 23:22:59

I was going to ask if this was legit but appears so from some googling.. :eek: :mrgreen:

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: 2i30s on April 23, 2010, 23:33:29

i think its on private land.like a practice track. hes not bad with the driving skills.

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: eye30 on April 24, 2010, 13:30:32

Problem is, he will pick up habits which will be hard to break and he will probably drive like that on public roads when he is old enough to obtain his licence

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: saunaman on April 24, 2010, 15:30:14

Quote from: eye30 on April 24, 2010, 13:30:32

Problem is, he will pick up habits which will be hard to break and he will probably drive like that on public roads when he is old enough to obtain his licence

I believe the lads who pick up bad habits and drive like maniacs on the public roads are pretty much other than these who have access to actual rally cars and practicing tracks.

I believe Kalle in the video is one of the lucky ones to get proper training and attitude to rallying, problem will be kids who try to imitate him on public roads.

A wannabe-rally-driver is far more dangerous on the road than a true rally driver.

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: SRT Metro on April 24, 2010, 17:46:21

 :cool: :cool:

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: babis_xo on April 25, 2010, 01:04:55

 :eek:
...and with a rear WD Starlet.

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: 2i30s on April 25, 2010, 01:08:07

i was wondering what sort of car it was.  :razz:

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: bumpkin on April 25, 2010, 16:11:57

This is exactly why the Finnish have produced multiple world rally champions over the years, check the stats page here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Rally_Championship_records and look at the number of Finnish flags :razz:

Loads of them in the 70's and 80's came over to the UK for their big break and we ended up seeing big names such as Alen, Mikkola, Vatanen (both Ari and Tatu), Gronholm, Kankkunen, Makkinen, their car control was simply exquisite to watch and for me really were the greatest years of rallying :razz: :razz:

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: hipposniper on April 26, 2010, 19:17:03

cool

Title: Re: Father's Son
Post by: babis_xo on April 27, 2010, 10:45:29

Quote from: bumpkin on April 25, 2010, 16:11:57

This is exactly why the Finnish have produced multiple world rally champions over the years, ...

Loads of them in the 70's and 80's came over to the UK for their big break and we ended up seeing big names such as Alen, Mikkola, Vatanen (both Ari and Tatu), Gronholm, Kankkunen, Makkinen ...

And i thought it was McKinen :razz: