Janne Kristian Ferm (born 29 August 1980) is a Finnish rally co-driver. He is best known for his long-time partnership with Esapekka Lappi.
Rally career A former footballer, Ferm first started co-driving in Lånsirannikko Rally in 2005 and later began his rally career in 2009, co-driving for several drivers before forming a partnership with Esapekka Lappi in the next year. In the 2011 Rally Finland, he made his WRC debut, where the crew drove in a Citroën C2 R2 Max.
In 2012, Ferm and Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship, winning all 7 rounds. In 2013, the Finnish crew was signed by Škoda Motorsport and competed selected events in WRC-2 in a Škoda Fabia S2000.
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 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. The crew only lasted at Ford until the end of the 2021 World Rally Championship season, as in 2022, they partnered at Toyota again.
In 2023, Lappi and Ferm switched to Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team. The pair remained with Hyundai on a part-time basis for the 2024 season during which they took their second WRC victory at Rally Sweden.At Rally Chile, Ferm announced his retirement from World Rally Championship. His last outing as a co-driver was for Heikki Kovalainen in San Marino's historic rally festival Rallylegend in October.
As of 2026, Ferm works as a commentator for MTV Urheilu.
Victories WRC victories # Event Season Driver Car 1 67th Rally Finland 2017 Esapekka Lappi Toyota Yaris WRC 2 71st Rally Sweden 2024 Esapekka Lappi Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Career results WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 2011 Printsport Citroën C2 R2 SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN32 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Printsport Ford Fiesta S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN25 NC 0 Esapekka Lappi Citroën C2 R2 GERRet GBR FRA ITA ESP 2013 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 MONRet SWE MEX POR10 ARG GRE ITA 30th 1 Esapekka Lappi FIN31 GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 2015 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX ARG POR12 ITA17 POL12 FIN8 GER42 AUS FRA14 ESPRet GBR 20th 4 2016 Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia R5 MON9 12th 16 Škoda Motorsport SWE12 MEX ARG POR ITA21 POL14 FIN8 GER7 CHNC FRA ESP GBR11 AUS8 2017 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR10 ITA4 POLRet FIN1 GER21 ESPRet GBR9 AUS6 11th 62 2018 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MON7 SWE4 MEX11 FRA6 ARG8 POR5 ITA3 FINRet GER3 TURRet GBR3 ESP7 AUS4 5th 126 2019 Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 WRC MONRet SWE2 MEX13 FRA7 ARGRet CHL6 PORRet ITA7 FIN2 GER8 TUR2 GBR27 ESPRet AUS 9th 83 2020 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON4 SWE5 MEXRet EST7 TUR6 ITARet MNZ4 6th 52 2021 Movisport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE 12th 22 RTE-Motorsport Toyota Yaris WRC FIN ESP MNZ 2022 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE CRO POR ITA44 KEN EST FIN BEL GRE NZL ESP JPN 9th 58 2023 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA2 KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 6th 113 2024 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 MON SWE1 KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN 12th 33
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
References
External links
Janne Ferm's e-wrc profile