Gronholm: 'I'm fed up'
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ByEurosport
Published 30/09/2004 at 08:41 GMT
Double World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm has admitted to being fed up with the persistent problems with the new 307 WRC. The Finn is now 45 points adrift of Sebastien Loeb and effectively out of the title race after being robbed of a number of top resu
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"It"s really frustrating sometimes with the new car," Gronholm told WRC Television on the eve of the Sardinia Rally. "I"m fed up with this car. It is difficult for me not to be honest when you just finish the stage you take the helmet off and something is going wrong.
"It is difficult to keep it inside," admitted the normally ice-cool Finn. "I am motivated yes still because I am sure we can do better now than what the points show. I am 100% sure that when everything goes like I want, we want then we are there fighting for the win."
Gronholm has now turned his attentions to next season, where he hopes that better reliability will allow him to fight for the title. "I still want to do a fantastic year and maybe finish a few events," he smiled. "Let's see what we can do when everything is ok with the car and everything should be ok next year."
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