- Third place for the former Opel works junior at the opening round of the Stellantis Rally Cup France, held as part of the Rallye du Touquet in France.
Two-time European junior champion and four-time German champion Marijan Griebel made a remarkable comeback in the Opel Corsa Rally4 at the opening round of the French Rally Championship, held as part of the Rallye du Touquet. At the wheel of the Opel Corsa Rally4, the 35-year-old German, together with co-driver Ella Kremer (25), who replaced his previous co-driver Tobias Braun in the hot seat this season, finished third in the Stellantis Rally Cup France in a field of around 20 Peugeot 208 Rally4.
“The rally with its flowing, fast and spectator-lined special stages was just as great as the service park right on the seafront in Le Touquet,” enthused Griebel about the traditional event around 70 kilometers south of Calais on the French Channel coast. The environment was not completely new for the former Opel factory junior: In the 2021 season, Griebel had made a test appearance at the Rallye du Touquet in the then brand-new Opel Corsa Rally Electric as a course car.
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Nevertheless, the rally was something special for Griebel/Kremer: “Despite a five-month break from rallying and two years without competing in the Rally4, it worked great again from the first meter, as did the collaboration with Ella. Various special aspects of the rally, such as nominating the maximum of ten tires in the morning and the language barrier, were challenging at times, but we were able to overcome them all. From day one, Ella and I fought for the top positions and after an intense fight that went literally down to the wire, we finally made it onto the podium. This rally in the Opel Corsa Rally4 was extremely fun and a great exercise for the rest of the year. And the fact that we won by a clear margin in the over-30 category, for which we were eligible for prize money, was also very gratifying...”
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