Marcus Grönholm: From debut victory to freak career-ending crash

World rally legend Marcus Gronholm began a fruitful rallycross career at 40-years-old, winning on his debut in the European Championship at Holjes.

In this episode of Talking Loose with Hal Ridge Finnish driver Gronholm gives insight into a wide range of aspects from his rallycross tenure, from how the cars compared to his WRC machines to rolling in the Joker Lap in Poland 2008 but still finishing his heat race, an entry to the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, helping forge a path for rallycross in America and the freak accident at X Games 2012 that ended his competitive driving career.

Gronholm reveals the involvement of Hyundai Motorsport in the deal that made the Finn an event-winning team owner at the highest level in World RX, gives honest appraisal of being father to one of the world’s best rallycross drivers today, discusses the World Championship crown that potentially got away in 2019 and rates the drivers that competed for his team.

He also talks about his current plans, why he’d like to return to rallycross in the future and much, much more.

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