Kalle Grundel

Kalle Grundel

Personal information
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1948-10-02) 2 October 1948 (age 77)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	1976–1988
Co-driver	Leif Lindberg Tommy Andersson Lennart Söderberg Rolf Melleroth Reinhard Michel Peter Diekmann Terry Harryman Benny Melander Christian Bodén Johnny Johansson
Teams	Volkswagen, Peugeot, Ford, Lancia
Rallies	32
Rally wins	0
Podiums	1
Stage wins	14
Total points	61
First rally	1976 Swedish Rally
Last rally	1988 RAC Rally

Karl-Erik "Kalle" Grundel (born 2 October 1948) is a Swedish former rally driver and military pilot. He made his international breakthrough in 1982, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTi for Volkswagen's factory team. He achieved his first and only podium finish in the World Rally Championship in 1986, steering his Ford RS200 to third place in the Swedish Rally. ^[1]

Complete WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
1976	Huddinge MK	Volkswagen Golf LS	MON	SWE ?	POR	KEN	GRC	MOR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR				N/A	N/A
1977	Huddinge MK	Saab 99 EMS	MON	SWE Ret	POR	KEN	NZL	GRC	FIN	CAN	ITA	FRA				N/A	N/A
	Kalle Grundel												GBR 32
1978	Huddinge MK	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE Ret	KEN	POR	GRC	FIN	CAN	ITA	CIV	FRA	GBR			N/A	N/A
1979	Kalle Grundel	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE Ret	POR	KEN	GRC	NZL	FIN	CAN	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV		NC	0
1980	Saab Sport & Rally Team	Saab 96 V4	MON	SWE Ret	POR	KEN	GRC	ARG	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA				NC	0
		Saab 99 Turbo											GBR Ret	CIV
1981	Saab Sport & Rally Team	Saab 99 Turbo	MON	SWE Ret	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	ARG	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		NC	0
1982	Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Volkswagen Golf GTI	MON	SWE 8	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR		49th	3
1983	Volkswagen Motorsport Sweden	Volkswagen Golf GTI	MON	SWE 5	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV			16th	11
	Volkswagen Motorsport													GBR 8
1984	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf GTI	MON 9	SWE Ret	POR 7	KEN	FRA 13	GRC Ret	NZL	ARG	FIN Ret	ITA 6	CIV	GBR Ret		18th	12
1985	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	NZL	ARG	FIN 5	ITA	CIV	GBR Ret		25th	8
1986	Ford Motor Company Ltd	Ford RS200	MON	SWE 3	POR WD	KEN	FRA	GRE Ret	NZL	ARG				GBR 5	USA	9th	26
	Martini Lancia	Lancia Delta S4									FIN 6	CIV	ITA
1987	Ford Motor Company Ltd	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	MON 84				FRA Ret	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA		NC	0
		Ford Sierra XR 4x4		SWE Ret	POR	KEN
	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 GTI													GBR Ret
1988	Rallysport Sweden	Mazda 323 4WD	MON	SWE Ret	POR	KEN	FRA	GRC	USA	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA		83rd	1
	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 309 GTI													GBR 10

References

1. "Kalle Grundel". RallyBase. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

External links

• eWRC profile