The Red Bulletin, a multimedia magazine about the world of Red Bull, sent photographer Ossi Piispanen to rural Finland to shoot rally drivers Kalle and Harri Rovanperä.

Internationally Central Finland is known for very few things: endless forests, thousands of lakes, dirt roads, Neste-Rally and more dirt roads. It’s no coincidence that many rally champions come from this region.

Kalle Rovanperä first came to the world’s attention at the age of eight, when a video showing him expertly piloting a rally car around the dirt tracks near his family home went viral. The son of former WRC driver Harri Rovanperä, he has been driving cars since the age of six, and bikes and ATVs since he was three.

At the very young age of 22, Kalle became the youngest-ever WRC title winner, sweeping aside the record previously held by Colin McRae, who won in 1995 aged 27.

TEAM

• Client
  The Red Bulletin

• Photographer
  Ossi Piispanen

• Assistant
  Santeri Nikkinen