Gronholm wins in Sweden.
BP Ford's Marcus Gronholm has won the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship.
Gronholm took the lead on Friday, in the second loop, and then eased away from Sebastien Loeb on day two. He eventually won the event by over 50 seconds and in doing so took his second win in succession in Sweden and his fifth in total, after also triumphing in 2006, 2003, 2002 and 2000.
Loeb meanwhile had to settle for the runners-up spot, after losing touch with Gronholm on Saturday, following a poor tyre choice for the middle loop.
BP Ford's Marcus Gronholm has won the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, the second round in the 2007 FIA World Rally Championship.
Gronholm took the lead on Friday, in the second loop, and then eased away from Sebastien Loeb on day two. He eventually won the event by over 50 seconds and in doing so took his second win in succession in Sweden and his fifth in total, after also triumphing in 2006, 2003, 2002 and 2000.
Loeb meanwhile had to settle for the runners-up spot, after losing touch with Gronholm on Saturday, following a poor tyre choice for the middle loop.
BP Ford number two driver, Mikko Hirvonen took the final place on the podium, 30 seconds or so up on Stobart Ford's Henning Solberg, while Daniel Carlsson was fifth on his debut outing in the OMV Kronos-run Citroen Xsara WRC.
Toni Gardemeister took sixth in his privately entered Mitsubishi ahead of Manfred Stohl in the second OMV Kronos Citroen Xsara WRC.
Subaru's Chris Atkinson picked up the final drivers' point, having lost time with an off in SS18. He had been running in fifth, prior to his mistake. Mads Ostberg and Jan Kopecky completed the top ten, while Daniel Sordo took the final manufacturers' point, bringing his C4 home in twelfth for Citroen, after a costly off on the first 'proper' stage on Friday.
Full report and result to follow soon...
