Extended video clip of Gronholm testing the Prodrive Subaru Impreza S14 WRC in Spain

Written by Scott Coursey WRC Mar 26, 2009

Photo: Prodrive

Another, longer, video clip of Marcus Gronholm testing the Subaru S14 WRC during the two day test in Spain prior to Rally Portugal.

Marcus Gronholm commented during the interview:

The car feels rather nice at the moment after all the alterations. Perhaps - how would I say it - what we need to work on most during testing is the suspension of course. There's all sorts of things to be done. But we have only limited time, so we can't do much. Biggest change for me was that we got the steering made right and that's feeling good now. That have huge impact on the driving.

Timo Rautiainen stated:

I didn't think much about it. I had already promised when Marcus decided to quit that if he's ever willing to make a return - even a one-off - I'm ready to join him. So of course I joined him.

The car was fine at the test. It runs and behaves normally. The tyres are new for us as we have no experience on them. There's some grip missing from what we would normally feel. Maybe that could be bettered by adjusting the suspension, but I think we are now quite close to the settings we'll use at the rally. We are gonna have fun and get a good result for Prodrive.

Translated by Hartusvuroi from rallyforum.com

Gronholm testing the Subaru Impreza WRC2008 in Spain