Cars That Go Fast: 40 things you didn’t know about BP Ford’s WRC Drivers!

40 things you didn’t know about BP Ford’s WRC Drivers!
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Julian on 09 June, 2006 12:00:00
 
We caught up with BP-Ford World Rally Team's new recruits to discover some of 
their likes and a few things you'd never dream of asking them.
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