World RX – Niclas Grönholm wins as Klara Andersson claims first podium finish

Niclas Grönholm scored his first win of the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship, after an exciting World RX of Portugal final saw him take the Round 5 spoils – while his Construction Equipment Dealer team-mate Klara Andersson make history with a breakthrough podium finish.Johan Kristoffersson had taken the chequered flag in first position at Montalegre, but his fifth straight World RX victory celebrations were short lived when the Volkswagen RX1e driver was given a 10 second penalty for a lap two clash with Timmy Hansen, which had sent the Peugeot 208 RX1e driver skating into the gravel.“This obviously isn’t the…

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