What Marcus Gronholm did next
As Marcus Gronholm becomes the latest name to commit to a full season in the emerging Global RallyCross series, David Evans takes a look at what is attracting world rally stars to take part in it
Marcus Gronholm sounded glad of the distraction. Busy with spanners in his garage, clearly the two-time world champion thought he'd seen the back of building cars in the cold.
That was until his 15-year-old son Niclas decided he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
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