| Marcus Grönholm | |
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| File:MGronholm.jpg | |
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Born |
5 February 1968 |
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Nationality |
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Teams |
Peugeot, Ford |
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Début |
2000 (DNF) |
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Titles |
1 (2006) |
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Podiums |
2 |
Marcus Grönholm (born 5 February 1968) is a Finnish rally driver.
The twice World Rally Champion of 2000 and 2002 won Monte Carlo in 2006 (on his début at the Ford works team) at the 7th time of asking, and was the only driver to interrupt Sébastien Loeb's streak of wins between 2003 and 2008. This happened when Loeb crashed on stage 1, eliminating all hope of victory for the fourth consecutive year, as Tommi Mäkinen had previously achieved in 2002. To make up for that, the three-time defending Monte winner had a string of good stage results to retake second place, but could not overtake his rival, thus his streak was broken. Grönholm then became the first driver to win this event for Ford since Patrick Bernardini in 1996.
In 2007, Grönholm returned to the podium, finishing in third place.
Ironically Grönholm did not make his proper debut in the Monte until his first title winning season of 2000.
Monte Carlo results[]
| Year | Car | Co-Driver | Result |
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| 2000 | Peugeot 206 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | DNF |
| 2001 | Peugeot 207 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | DNF |
| 2002 | Peugeot 206 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | 5th |
| 2003 | Peugeot 206 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | 13th |
| 2004 | Peugeot 307 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | 4th |
| 2005 | Peugeot 307 WRC | Timo Rautiainen | 5th |
| 2006 | Ford Focus RS WRC '06 | Timo Rautiainen | 1st |
| 2007 | Ford Focus RS WRC '06 | Timo Rautiainen | 3rd |
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| Winners of Rally Monte Carlo | |
|---|---|
| 1910's | 1911: Henri Rougier - 1912: Jules Beutler |
| 1920's | 1924: Jacques Edouard Ledure - 1925: François Repusseau - 1926: Victor A. Bruce - 1927: André Lefèbvre - 1928: Jacques Bignan - 1929: Sprenger van Eijk |
| 1930's | 1930: Hector Petit - 1931: Donald Healey - 1932: M. Vasselle - 1933: M. Vasselle - 1934: Gas - 1935: Christian Lahaye - 1936: Petre G. Cristea - 1937: René Le Bègue - 1938: Gerard Bakker Schut - 1939: Jean Trevoux/J. Paul |
| 1940's | 1949: Jean Trevoux |
| 1950's | 1950: Marcel Becquart - 1951: Jean Trevoux - 1952: Syndey Allard - 1953: Maurice Gatsonides - 1954: Louis Chiron - 1955: Per Malling - 1956: Ronnie Adams - 1958: Guy Monraisse - 1959: Paul Coltelloni |
| 1960's | 1960: Walter Schock - 1961: Maurice Martin - 1962: Erik Carlsson - 1963: Erik Carlsson - 1964: Paddy Hopkirk - 1965: Timo Mäkinen - 1966: Pauli Toivonen - 1967: Rauno Aaltonen - 1968: Vic Elford - 1969: Björn Waldegård |
| 1970's | 1970: Björn Waldegård - 1971: Ove Andersson - 1972: Sandro Munari - 1973: Jean-Claude Andruet - 1975: Sandro Munari - 1976: Sandro Munari - 1977: Sandro Munari - 1978: Jean-Pierre Nicolas - 1979: Bernard Darniche |
| 1980's | 1980: Walter Röhrl - 1981: Jean Ragnotti - 1982: Walter Röhrl - 1983: Walter Röhrl - 1984: Walter Röhrl - 1985: Ari Vatanen - 1986: Henri Toivonen - 1987: Miki Biasion - 1988: Bruno Saby - 1989: Miki Biasion |
| 1990's | 1990: Didier Auriol - 1991: Carlos Sainz - 1992: Didier Auriol - 1993: Didier Auriol - 1994: François Delecour - 1995: Carlos Sainz - 1996: Patrick Bernardini - 1997: Piero Liatti - 1998: Carlos Sainz - 1999: Tommi Mäkinen |
| 2000's | 2000: Tommi Mäkinen - 2001: Tommi Mäkinen - 2002: Tommi Mäkinen - 2003: Sébastien Loeb - 2004: Sébastien Loeb - 2005: Sébastien Loeb - 2006: Marcus Grönholm - 2007: Sébastien Loeb - 2008: Sébastien Loeb - 2009: Sébastien Ogier |
| 2010's | 2010: Mikko Hirvonen - 2011: Bryan Bouffier - 2012: Sébastien Loeb - 2013: Sébastien Loeb - 2014: Sébastien Ogier - 2015: Sébastien Ogier - 2016: Sébastien Ogier |