Ford’s Marcus Gronholm snatched an amazing victory in the Rally New Zealand after three days of constant lead changes between himself and championship rival Sebastian Loeb.

 At the start of the event it looked like Gronholm would dominate the event, but Loeb reeled him in during the second day grabbing the lead by day’s end. During the last day of stages the two would constantly swap the lead with the gap never being larger than 2.9 seconds. Gronholm’s eventual 0.3 second margin of victory is the closest in modern rallying, and gives him a 10 point lead over Loeb in the championship battle.

The Top 10 finishers were:

1.  Gronholm (Ford)
2.  Loeb (Citroen)
3.  Hirvonen (Ford)
4.  Atkinson (Subaru)
5.  Latvala (Ford)
6.  Sordo (Citroen)
7.  P Solberg (Subaru)
8.  Aava (Mitsubishi)
9.  H Solberg  (Ford)
10.  Wilson (Ford)

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