Marcus Grönholm
- Alfie's Italian restaurant in Karlstad is his favourite eaterie and he loves pizza
- He loves James Bond films
- He likes listening to Madonna (among others!)
- If he was not a rally driver, he would return to farming in Finland
- When he is not rallying, he likes to relax in his sauna
- He would like to meet George W Bush, but thinks an appointment may be hard to get!
- His favourite subject at school was gymnastics
- He would like to speak French, but can't yet…
- He would like to take part in Vasaloppet – a 90km cross country skiing competition in Sweden
- If he won the lottery he would invest in some young rally drivers
Timo Rautiainen
- If he could be an animal, it would be a cat – a nice and easy life!
- His favourite meal is an Argentine steak with tomato and onion salad
- Favourite restaurant is a hamburger one
- His ideal holiday would be somewhere warm with lots of entertainment for his children
- He cannot cook, so he would like a celebrity chef to come and cook for him at home
- He likes listening to Shania Twain
- His most useful gadget is his laptop – he could not live without it because it keeps him in touch with the world when he is travelling
- He is scared of heights and had to turn round when trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
- He would like to learn to fly an aeroplane or a helicopter
- The best thing he owns is his house that he built with his father
Mikko Hirvonen
- His childhood dream was to become a rally driver. His father was also a rally driver
- He could not live without his family
- Co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen is the best thing he owns!
- He wants to go camping in the Andes and explore the Amazon
- He spends his spare time rebuilding classic cars and watching movies
- His favourite music is by Green Day, Lincoln Park and Limpbizkit
- He would like to be an international explorer if he was not a rally driver
- He would like to have Hollywood actor Mel Gibson as a dinner guest in his house
- Swimming with sharks is the scariest thing that he has ever done in his life
- His favourite subject at school was languages and he would like to be able to speak Italian
Jarmo Lehtinen
- His favourite restaurant is a Finnish one in his home town that serves great food
- He loves AC/DC – the best band ever apparently!
- He would like to have the chief of the Finnish taxation system to dinner – he has some questions!
- He would take his iPod, its charger and his wife with him to a desert island
- If he was not a co-driver, he would like to play ice hockey
- He would like to have a ride in a jet fighter, before going into space!
- If he could be an animal it would a chameleon so he could adapt to any situation
- He would like to meet JR Tolkein – he must have an incredible imagination
- Finishing third in Rally Catalunya 2005 was the highlight of his career
- He could not live without music in his life – or his mobile telephone
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