Janne Ferm

Janne Ferm
Esapekka Lappi, OS 10 Mazury, 72nd LOTOS Rally Poland
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1980-08-29) 29 August 1980 (age 44)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2011–present
TeamsŠkoda Motorsport, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, Citroën World Rally Team, M-Sport World Rally Team, and Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team
Rallies103
Championships0
Rally wins2
Podiums15
Stage wins76
First rally2011 Rally Finland
First win2017 Rally Finland
Last win2024 Rally Sweden

Janne Ferm (born 29 August 1980) is a Finnish rally co-driver. He is currently teamed with Esapekka Lappi and is competing for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Rally career

Janne Ferm began his rally career in 2007, co-driving for several drivers. In 2010, he firmed the partnership with Esapekka Lappi. In the 2011 Rally Finland, he made his WRC debut, where the crew drove in a Citroën C2 R2 Max.[1]

In 2013, the Finnish crew was signed by Škoda Motorsport and competed selected events in WRC-2 in a Škoda Fabia S2000.[2]

In 2016, the crew won the WRC-2 championship with the Škoda Fabia R5 after winning in Finland, Germany, Wales and Australia.[3]

Lappi and Ferm during 2017 Rally Finland, where they achieved their first WRC victory.

Lappi and Ferm were signed by Toyota Gazoo Racing to drive a Toyota Yaris WRC in the 2017 World Rally Championship.[4] On their second event with the team, the 2017 Rally Italia Sardegna, the crew won their first ever stage in the WRC, along with five more stage wins. They eventually finished fourth overall.[5] In just their fourth World Rally Car start, at their home event of 2017 Rally Finland, the crew took their first WRC victory.[6]

In October 2018, Toyota announced that both Lappi and Ferm would leave the team at the end of the 2018 championship.[7] They joined Citroën for the 2019 season, partnering with multiple champion Sébastien Ogier.[8] Heading into the 2020 World Rally Championship season with the departure of Citroën World Rally Team from the top flight of the WRC Lappi and Ferm found themselves moving again, this time to M-Sport World Rally Team. He only lasted at Ford until the end of the 2021 World Rally Championship season, as in 2022 Janne and Lappi partnered at Toyota again. For 2023 to present Janne has been a member of Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team.

Victories

WRC victories

 #  Event Season Driver Car
1 Finland 67th Neste Rally Finland 2017 Finland Esapekka Lappi Toyota Yaris WRC

Career results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2011 Printsport Citroën C2 R2 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN
32 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2012 Printsport Ford Fiesta S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN
25 		NC 0
Esapekka Lappi Citroën C2 R2 GER
Ret 		GBR FRA ITA ESP
2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
Ret 		SWE MEX POR
10 		ARG GRE ITA 30th 1
Esapekka Lappi FIN
31 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2015 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX ARG POR
12 		ITA
17 		POL
12 		FIN
8 		GER
42 		AUS FRA
14 		ESP
Ret 		GBR 20th 4
2016 Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia R5 MON
9 		12th 16
Škoda Motorsport SWE
12 		MEX ARG POR ITA
21 		POL
14 		FIN
8 		GER
7 		CHN
C 		FRA ESP GBR
11 		AUS
8
2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR
10 		ITA
4 		POL
Ret 		FIN
1 		GER
21 		ESP
Ret 		GBR
9 		AUS
6 		11th 62
2018 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON
7 		SWE
4 		MEX
11 		FRA
6 		ARG
8 		POR
5 		ITA
3 		FIN
Ret 		GER
3 		TUR
Ret 		GBR
3 		ESP
7 		AUS
4 		5th 126
2019 Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 WRC MON
Ret 		SWE
2 		MEX
13 		FRA
7 		ARG
Ret 		CHL
6 		POR
Ret 		ITA
7 		FIN
2 		GER
8 		TUR
2 		GBR
27 		ESP
Ret 		AUS
C 		9th 83
2020 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON
4 		SWE
5 		MEX
Ret 		EST
7 		TUR
6 		ITA
Ret 		MNZ
4 		6th 52
2021 Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC
10 		CRO POR
7 		ITA KEN EST BEL GRE 12th 22
RTE-Motorsport Toyota Yaris WRC FIN
4 		ESP MNZ
2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE
3 		CRO
49 		POR ITA
44 		KEN EST
6 		FIN
3 		BEL
3 		GRE
22 		NZL ESP JPN 9th 58
2023 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 MON
8 		SWE
7 		MEX
Ret 		CRO
3 		POR
3 		ITA
2 		KEN
12 		EST
3 		FIN
Ret 		GRE
5 		CHL
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		JPN
4 		6th 113
2024 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 MON SWE
1 		KEN
12 		CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 10th* 23*

* Season still in progress.

SWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2012 Printsport Ford Fiesta S2000 MON SWE POR NZL FIN
5 		GBR FRA ESP 12th 10

WRC-2 results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MON
Ret 		SWE MEX POR
1 		ARG GRE ITA 16th 25
Esapekka Lappi FIN
11 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2015 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX ARG POR
2 		ITA
9 		POL
1 		FIN
1 		GER
13 		AUS FRA
2 		ESP
Ret 		GBR 3rd 88
2016 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE
3 		MEX ARG POR ITA
9 		POL
3 		FIN
1 		GER
1 		CHN
C 		FRA ESP GBR
1 		AUS
1 		1st 132
2021 Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC
1 		CRO POR
1 		ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 7th 59

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2012 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 AUT ITA CRO BUL BEL TUR POR CZE ESP POL
1 		SUI — 39
2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM ZLÍ
Ret 		POL CRO SAN
2 		VAL
1 		5th 64
2014 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 JÄN LIE
1 		ACR
4 		IRE
1 		AZO YPR
Ret 		EST
5 		CZE
Ret 		CYP VAL
1 		COR
Ret 		1st 162

APRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points
2013 Team MRF Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL
1 		NCL
Ret 		AUS
1 		MYS
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		CHN
1 		2nd 117

References

  1. ^ a b "Janne Ferm". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Škoda Motorsport in 2013: Esapekka Lappi, WRC-2 and preparations for the future". skoda-auto.com. Škoda Auto. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Lappi claims title with Australia win". WRC. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. ^ Evans, David (13 December 2016). "Incoming Toyota launches 2017 Yaris WRC, signs Latvala and Lappi". Autosport.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Tänak claims first win". wrc.com. WRC. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  6. ^ "WRC rookie Esapekka Lappi wins Rally Finland for Toyota". autosport.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Esapekka Lappi Joins Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT". media.citroenracing.com. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Lappi to partner five-time WRC champion Ogier at Citroen in 2019". autosport.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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