Esapekka Lappi

Esapekka Eemeli Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish former rally driver. He is the 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion. Lappi is also three-time Finnish Rally Champion winning it in 2012, 2025 and 2026. He drove lately for Hyundai Motorsport in 2026. In 2024, he won his second ever event in Rally Sweden, which broke the record for the longest gap between wins in terms of time and number of rallies, with his debut win coming from his home event in 2017 Rally Finland. Lappi announced his retirement from professional rallying after the 2026 season.