Winners Finland's driver Kalle Rovanpera (right) and Finland's co-driver Jonne Halttunen (left) react during the podium ceremony of the WRC Rally Estonia, the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship, on July 18, 2021 in Raadi near Tartu, Estonia. Estonia's FIA World Rally Championship brings high-speed 24 special stages covering 324.16km to the biggest motorsport event in the Baltics. (TIMO ANIS / AFP)

Toyota's Kalle Rovanpera became the youngest ever winner of a world rally championship event on Sunday with victory in Estonia.

The 20-year-old Finn, whose father Harri was also a WRC race winner, beat Hyundai's Irish driver Craig Breen by 59.9 seconds with Belgian Thierry Neuville finishing third for Hyundai.

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Finland's driver Kalle Rovanpera and Finland's co-driver Jonne Halttunen steer their Toyota Yaris WRC car during stage 15 Mustvee of the WRC Rally Estonia, the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship, on July 17, 2021 near Kaapa, Estonia. (TIMO ANIS / AFP)

Kalle Rovanpera, whose father Harri was also a WRC race winner, beat Hyundai's Irish driver Craig Breen by 59.9 seconds with Belgian Thierry Neuville finishing third for Hyundai

Toyota's world championship leader Sebastien Ogier was fourth and stretched his advantage over team mate Elfyn Evans to 37 points after seven rounds.

The previous youngest race winner was Rovanpera's current team boss and compatriot Jari-Matti Latvala, who was 22 when he won in Sweden in 2008.

Before him, the youngest winner was the late Finn Henri Toivonen, who triumphed in Britain in 1980 at the age of 24.

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"It has been a difficult season and it’s really nice to get my first win here in Estonia," said Rovanpera.

"It’s almost a home rally for me now and a lot of Estonian fans were supporting me."