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Gronholm loses win

By Marc • May 26, 2004

Marcus Gronholm’s victory in the Rally of Cyprus was overruled Wednesday after motor racing’s governing body upheld a finding by rally stewards his Peugeot water pump was illegal.

Peugeot said they would not appeal, which means Sebastien Loeb replaces Gronholm as the Cyprus winner and the Citroen Xsara driver takes over the world championship lead.

Cyprus Rally organisers found a difference in the water pumps used in Gronholm’s Peugeot 307 and the Loeb’s Citroen Xsara despite both cars having similar engines.

Peugeot’s pump paddle was made of plastic while that of Citroen was in aluminium.

Finland’s Gronholm had gone top of the world driver’s championship after winning the fifth race of the season in Cyprus two weeks ago, when he finished almost one minute clear of Loeb.

It would have been former champion Gronholm’s 16th career win and first for the new Peugeot 307 on the WRC circuit.

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