Marcus Grönholm

Marcus Grönholm

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 1989
Last rally:	Rally Sweden 2010
Co-driver:	Timo Rautiainen
Team:	M-Sport Ford Rally Team Toyota Castrol SEAT Sport H.F. Grifone Mitsubishi Ralliart Ford World Rally Team
Vehicle:	Ford Focus RS WRC Peugeot 307 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI SEAT Córdoba WRC Toyota Corolla WRC Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205 Lancia Delta Integrale
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 152 30th 61 541
Championship title:	2000 , 2002
Points:	615

Marcus Grönholm at the 2004
Monte Carlo Rally

Marcus Grönholm at the 2006
Rally Australia

Rallycross : The 560 hp Ford Fiesta ST ERC from Marcus Grönholm and Andréas Eriksson

Marcus Grönholm (born February 5, 1968 in Grankulla ) is a Finnish rally driver and belongs to the Finnish-Swedes minority in his home country . He is a two-time rally world champion and, with 30 rally world championship victories, the third most successful driver in the rally world championship. He is nicknamed "Magic Marcus" in the auto sport scene . In Finland and Sweden, “Bosse” is his nickname. He lives with his wife and three children in Ingå , around 50 kilometers south-west of Helsinki . His son Niclas Grönholm is a successful rallycross driver

Beginnings

From 1981, Grönholm initially drove motocross for five years until a knee injury prevented him from continuing. Influenced by his father Ulf "Uffe" Grönholm , a Finnish rally driver from the 1970s, who died in an accident in 1981 during training for the Finnish Hankiralli (German snow rally ) in Kirkkonummi , Marcus himself began motor racing .

1987–2007: rallying

1987 Grönholm drove its first rally. From 1989 he took part in the races of the World Rally Championship and won a total of 30 World Championship rallies, placing him in third place in these statistics, and he is also the most successful non-French rally driver. In 2000 and 2002 he was world rally champion with Peugeot .

In October 2005 he signed a contract with Ford - factory team . He started for this team in 2006 and 2007 . At the 2006 Monte Carlo Rally , he celebrated the only victory on tarmac. He was thus promoted to the ranks of those pilots who could win rallies on all road surfaces.

Marcus Grönholm announced on September 14, 2007 that he would end his active career as a rally athlete after the World Cup season finale in December 2007 in Wales. Grönholm's long-time co-pilot, his brother-in-law Timo Rautiainen, also announced his resignation.

From 2008: rallycross

On April 16, 2008, Grönholm announced at a press conference in Stockholm that he would be participating in at least five of the eleven races of the FIA European Rallycross Championship in the team of his Swedish ex-rally driver colleague Andréas Eriksson, including a 560 hp four -wheel drive Ford Fiesta Mk6 will drive. Ultimately, however, Grönholm only contested three of the five planned races. He was able to conclude his rallycross debut in Höljes ( Finnskogen ), Sweden, with a surprising overall victory. After 2008, the Finn drove other rallycross races, including in the USA at the 2011 Global RallyCross Championship . He also took part in the X-Games 17 in Los Angeles with a Ford Fiesta Mk7 , where he won the silver medal in the rally category behind the Briton Liam Doran and the bronze medal in the RallyCross class behind the two Americans Brian Deegan and Tanner Foust . The Finn had a serious accident at the X-Games in 2012 and had to be cut out of his Ford Fiesta Mk7 by the rescue workers. Many months of recovery followed.

2009–2010: rallying and Pikes Peak

In 2009 Grönholm took part in the Rally Portugal with a Subaru Impreza WRC from Prodrive and in 2010 in the Rally Sweden for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team.

Grönholm took part in the legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in a Ford Fiesta Mk7 with over 800 hp . His team-mate, the Swede Andréas Eriksson, drove a second Mk7 Fiesta. Both pilots decided to mark a new course record on Pikes Peak and to undercut the 10-minute limit for the first time. Grönholm failed due to a technical problem (turbo damage 5 kilometers from the finish, still fifth place with 11: 28,963 minutes) and Eriksson due to a driving error that led to a rollover.

WRC victories

Marcus Grönholm at the 2006 Rally Australia

No.	rally	season	Co-driver	automobile
01	Rally Sweden	2000	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 206 WRC
02	Rally New Zealand	2000
03	Rally Finland	2000
04th	Rally Australia	2000
05	Rally Finland	2001
06th	Rally Australia	2001
07th	Rally Great Britain	2001
08th	Rally Sweden	2002
09	Rally Cyprus	2002
10	Rally Finland	2002
11	Rally New Zealand	2002
12	Rally Australia	2002
13	Rally Sweden	2003
14th	Rally New Zealand	2003
15th	Rally Argentina	2003
16	Rally Finland	2004		Peugeot 307 WRC
17th	Rally Finland	2005
18th	Rally Japan	2005
19th	Rally Monte Carlo	2006		Ford Focus RS WRC
20th	Rally Sweden	2006
21st	Rally Greece	2006
22nd	Rally Finland	2006
23	Rally Turkey	2006
24	Rally New Zealand	2006
25th	Rally Great Britain	2006
26th	Rally Sweden	2007
27	Rally Sardinia	2007
28	Rally Greece	2007
29	Rally Finland	2007
30th	Rally New Zealand	2007

Individual WRC results

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
1989	Marcus Grönholm	Lancia Delta Integrale	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR				-	-
											23
1990	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR					-	-
										DNF
1991	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR			-	-
											13
1992	Finnish Junior Rally Team	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR			-	-
				DNF
	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
											DNF
1993	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP	GBR				1	65
											10
1994	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	POR	KEN	ESP	FRA	GRE	ARG	NZL	FIN	ITA	GBR						8th	19th
											5
1995	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	FRA	NZL	OUT	ESP	GBR									-	-
				DNF			DNF
	HF handles	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
					DNF
1996	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD	SWE	KEN	IDN	GRE	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	ESP								14th	10
			7th
	Team Toyota Castrol Finland	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
								4th
1997	Toyota Castrol Team Sweden	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	IDN	ITA	OUT	GBR			5	12
				8th
	Team Toyota Castrol Finland	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
						DNF
	HF handles	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205
									4th
	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Corolla WRC
												DNF				5
1998	HF handles	Toyota Celica GT-Four ST205	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	OUT	GBR				2	16
				5
		Toyota Corolla WRC
						DNF	DNF				DNF
	Toyota Castrol team	Toyota Corolla WRC
												7th			DNF
1999	SEAT Sport	SEAT Cordoba WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	FRA	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CHN	ITA	OUT	GBR			5	15th
				DNF
	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evo VI
						DNF
	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 206 WRC
										DNF		4th		8th	5	DNF
2000	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	CYP	FRA	ITA	OUT	GBR			65	1
			DNF	1	DNF	2	5	2	DNF	1	1	DNF	5	4th	1	2
2001	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	POR	ESP	ARG	CYP	GRE	KEN	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT	GBR			36	4th
			DNF	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	5	7th	DNF	1	1
2002	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	DEU	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR			77	1
			5	1	2	4th	1	DSQ	2	DNF	1	3	2	1	1	DNF
2003	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	DOOR	NZL	ARG	GRE	CYP	DEU	FIN	OUT	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR			46	6th
			13	1	9	1	1	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	6th	DNF
2004	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	CYP	GRE	DOOR	ARG	FIN	DEU	JPN	GBR	ITA	FRA	ESP	OUT	62	5
			4th	2	6th	2	DSQ	DNF	2	DNF	1	DNF	4th	DNF	7th	4th	2	DNF
2005	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	NZL	ITA	CYP	DOOR	GRE	ARG	FIN	DEU	GBR	JPN	FRA	ESP	OUT	71	3
			5	DNF	2	2	3	DNF	3	4th	2	1	3	DNF	1	DNF	DNF	DNF
2006	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	111	2
			1	1	8th	3	2	10	DNF	1	3	1	2	2	1	5	1	1
2007	Ford World Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	112	2
			3	1	2	2	4th	2	1	1	1	4th	1	3	2	DNF	DNF	2
2009	Prodrive	Subaru Impreza WRC	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					-	-
						DNF
2010	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Focus RS WRC	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				-	-
			21st

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Marcus Grönholm  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WRC statistics on juwra.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rallye-magazin.de: Marcus Grönholm wins Monte ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 22, 2006