Gronholm: It's been frustrating and disappointing.
Marcus Gronholm has finished the inaugural Rally d'Italia-Sardinia💃 in seventh place, after an unlucky event for the Peugeot team. Under difficult circums💖tances, the Finn's tireless efforts have earned Peugeot 4 manufacturers' points.
Conditions were dry and hot💛 throughout all three days of the gravel Rally d'Italia-Sardinia, which replaced the asphalt of Sanremo this year.
Marcuꦓs Gronholm has finished the inaugural Rally d'Italia-Sardinia in seventh place, af☂ter an unlucky event for the Peugeot team. Under difficult circumstances, the Finn's tireless efforts have earned Peugeot 4 manufacturers' points.
Conditions we🐲re dry and hot throughout all three days of the gravel Rally d'Italia-Sardinia, which replaced the asphalt of Sanremo this year.
Gronholm was in a position to challenge for victory until SS9 on the second day, when a turbo failure cost him more than 20 minutes and any chance of winning. He dropped to 19th place, bu🌱t fought back to win two more stages and score manufacturers' points for Peugeot.
"It's been a tough, frustrat🦂ing and disappointing rally," he said. "It took me a little while to find my rhythm, but eventually I was able to discover a good feeling with the car. I think we have proved once more that the 307WRC has the pace to win on gravel, and now I am looking forward to proving its pace on asphalt, on the next two rallies in Corsica and Spain."
Harri Rovanpera was forced to retire from a strong sixth place on the second day, following a tra🐬nsm♏ission failure.
Peugeot Sport boss Corrado Provera commented: "Once more we head home without a podium, despite the best efforts of Marcus and Harri. It's clear that we have seriously handicapp📖ed ourselves and that there is yet more work to do. But we will never give up..."
The next round of the Worldꦯ Championship is the all-asphalt Rallye de France-Tour de Corse, where Peugeot have an enviable wiඣnning record.
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