Marcus Grönholm

Finnish rally driver · Finland · On the map · Athletes · Born 1968 · age 58

Marcus Ulf Johan "Bosse" Grönholm is a Finnish former rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming FIA World Rallycross Championship driver. Grönholm's nicknames are either "Bosse" or "Magic Marcus".

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Father Ulf Grönholm

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Grönholm driving a Peugeot 206 WRC at the 2001 Rally Finland.

Grönholm with a Peugeot 307 WRC at the 2004 Monte Carlo Rally.

Grönholm driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 06 at the 2006 Cyprus Rally.

Grönholm at the 2006 Telstra Rally Australia.

Marcus Grönholm at the "Circus Maximus" SSS of 2007 Rallye Deutschland.

Grönholm in his last rally at the 2007 Wales Rally GB.

2008: The 560 bhp Ford Fiesta ST Rallycross cars of Marcus Grönholm and Andréas Eriksson in Stockholm

Awards

Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland2025

About this person

Grönholm is one of the most successful WRC drivers of all time, ranking third in rally wins (30), and winning two championships, in 2000 and 2002. After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers' world championship, losing out to Sébastien Loeb by one point. The next year, he again placed second, four points behind Loeb. He and his co-driver Timo Rautiainen retired from rallying after the 2007 season but returned to the championship in 2009 driving a private Subaru for a short period of time, and in the 2019 World Rally Championship where he competed in a Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT-maintained Toyota Yaris under the GRX Team banner.

Country

Finland