When Peugeot scored a double with the 206 WRC in Finland

On August 11, 2002, Peugeot dominated the proceedings at the Rally Finland, with the success of Marcus Grönholm ahead of Richard Burns. But the Englishman did not come far from a resounding victory.

Published on 12/08/2022 à 16:01

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Rally Finland 2002 – When Peugeot scored a double with the 206 WRC

Marcus Grönholm's Peugeot 206 WRC on the jumps in Finland. © DPPI

Who, Richard Burns, Harri Rovanperä or Marcus Grönholm, would win in Finland? The fight was difficult, close, indecisive. It reached its maximum intensity when the “witch” chose her victims.

Saturday morning, when he returned to the service park, Burns was destroyed, demobilized, emptied. “ I'm frustrated, I'm losing it rally at the exact moment when I could really start to tell myself that I was going to win it. I'm in a bad mood. Not about myself, but about the circumstances. I always negotiated this bump to the fullest, and it never worried me. It is long, of course, and fast. We approach it between 150 and 160 km/h, but it is in a straight line and you just have to stay in the middle of the road. It’s happening! In previous years, I have always done this. »