Janne Ferm

Janne Kristian 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.

Rally career 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.

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

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. 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. In just their fourth World Rally Car start, at their home event of 2017 Rally Finland, the crew took their first WRC victory.

In October 2018, Toyota announced that both Lappi and Ferm would leave the team at the end of the 2018 championship. They joined Citroën for the 2019 season, partnering with multiple champion Sébastien Ogier.

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, Ferm and Lappi partnered at Toyota again.

For 2023 to present, Ferm has been a member of Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team.

Victories WRC victories

Career results WRC results

SWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 2012 Printsport Ford Fiesta S2000 MON SWE POR NZL FIN5 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 Points 2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MONRet SWE MEX POR1 ARG GRE ITA 16th 25 Esapekka Lappi FIN11 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 2015 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX ARG POR2 ITA9 POL1 FIN1 GER13 AUS FRA2 ESPRet GBR 3rd 88 2016 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE3 MEX ARG POR ITA9 POL3 FIN1 GER1 CHNC FRA ESP GBR1 AUS1 1st 132 2021 Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC CRO POR 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 Points 2012 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 AUT ITA CRO BUL BEL TUR POR CZE ESP POL1 SUI — 39 2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 JÄN LIE CAN AZO COR YPR ROM ZLÍRet POL CRO SAN2 VAL1 5th 64 2014 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 JÄN LIE1 ACR4 IRE1 AZO YPRRet EST5 CZERet CYP VAL1 CORRet 1st 162

APRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points 2013 Team MRF Škoda Fabia S2000 NZL1 NCLRet AUS1 MYSRet JPNRet CHN1 2nd 117