Toni Gardemeister has won the prologue stage of the 78th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the opening round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
Driving an Abarth Grande Punto, Gardemeister and co-driver Tomi Tuominen completed the 8.83-kilometre climb from Lente up the Col de l’Echarasson to the finish at the foot of the Col de Gaudissart in a time [...]

Toni Gardemeister has said the lure of competing against some of the best rally drivers in the world was the main reason behind his decision to enter Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo in an Abarth Grande Punto Super 2000.
Gardemeister, from Finland, will line up for the Italian Astra Racing team alongside co-driver Tomi Tuominen on the Intercontinental [...]

Toni Gardemeister suffered brake failure during Principe de Asturias which caused his MSD Opel Corsa S2000 to go off the road and into retirement.