Marcus Gronholm

[Chris Stockdale]

Do you think Marcus gronholm would be just as successful at say a lesser team like Skoda

[429CJ]

No one can be succesful with a recent Skoda, or Huyndai. Winning with these will need all top teams to retire.

[imull]

i think that he and the car flatter each other. We have seen that with Burns/Rovis the Pug aint all that hot.

I reckon that Panizzi and Gronholm suit perfectly the way that the Pug has to be driven - like race cars, they are not very quick when sideways.

This does not mean that they will be **** in other cars but just not as successful...

[Lee Janotta]

Skoda or Hyundai? No way in hell.

With a Ford, Citroen, or Subaru, he'd be a winner, but not _as_ frequently, especially if he was still facing off against the other Peugeots (Rovinperra's no pushover!)

Marcus does corner somewhat sideways, but it's a very smooth slide, with the car tucked in tight to the inside of the corner, constantly at about a 40 degree angle to the road.

I've been trying it out on Colin McRae 2.0, and that actually is _very_ fast way to get around a corner on dirt or gravel.

[SJ Spode]

Originally posted by Lee Janotta
Skoda or Hyundai? No way in hell.

With a Ford, Citroen, or Subaru, he'd be a winner, but not _as_ frequently, especially if he was still facing off against the other Peugeots (Rovinperra's no pushover!)

I agree; it's the car:driver combination that counts & currently the 206 is ideal for Gronholm's driving. He would be quick in any car (see his performance in a Seat Cordoba WRC & a GrpN Lancer at the Race of Champions), but up against the current drivers in their current cars he couldn't be as sucessful as he is now.