The Finn was leading his home round of the competition from Toyota Gazoo Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans when he crashed out approximately 11.1 kilometres into the ‘Myhinpää 2’ test, leaving his GR Yaris Rally1 on itꦉs roof.

Rovanpera and co-d💮river Jonne Halttunen managed to extract themselves from the car and both were understood to OK but tender following routine medical checks when they𝓡 returned to the service park in Jyvaskyla .

The car itself had to be retired such was the damage incu🔯rred in the accident, which spelt an end to the pair’s involvement and meant they registered their first no-sc𝔍ore of the current campaign.

Alongside his World Rally commitments, Rovanpera has been taking on rounds of the European Drift Masters Series, with the penultimate fixture ꦬtaking place in Germany next weekend.

The 22-year-oಌld was originally amongst the confirmed starters bu🌄t has confirmed he will no longer be attending.

“Not so good ඣnews!”, he wrote in a social media post💦. “Unfortunately I need to skip Drift Masters Grand Prix round 5 Germany.

“I hurt my ribs and back in the Rally F♚inland crash a bit and now to fully recover for the next rallies I decided that we need to skip 🍸the next event. I tried to drive a bit few days ago, but it was a bit too painful.

“We will come back to drifting at the final DMEC round in Poland which is gonna be cra𒀰zy! See you💖 there,” he added.

Rovanpera and Haltt🧜unen will reconvene the defence of their World Rally Championship titles at Acropolis Rally Greece, which 🅠takes place from September 7-10. The remainder of the calendar is made up of Rally Chile, the all-new Central European Rally, and Rally Japan.