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Jamie Klein

Kovalainen scores back-to-back All-Japan Rally titles

Kovalainen had won four of the previous five rounds of the championship heading to Rally Hokkaido as he aimed to defend his 2022 title alongside co-driver Sae Kitagawa in his Team Aicello Skoda Fabia R5.

In the end, third place in the gravel-based event behind the Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Concept cars of ex-WRC driver Jari-Matti Latvala and Norihiko Katsuta was enough to guarantee the top class JN-1 crown with a round to spare.

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