Retired rally driver Gronholm to race again
Published 11:18 am Tuesday, February 24, 2009
HELSINKI — Two-time world rally champion Marcus Gronholm will come out of retirement to drive in the Rally Portugal in April.
“I just couldn’t stay away, it seems,” Gronholm said in Tuesday editions of the Iltalehti tabloid. “I just needed to get behind that wheel.”
The 41-year-old Finnish driver announced his retirement in September 2007. Gronholm, who drove a Ford, ended the 2007 season as runner-up to Sebastien Loeb of France, but won the manufacturers’ title for the second consecutive year.
