2023 Acropolis Rally
2023 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023 | |||
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Round 10 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Greece | ||
Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Dates run | 7 – 10 September 2023 | ||
Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
Finish location | Kalamaki, Central Greece | ||
Stages | 15 (270.89 km; 168.32 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 989.26 km (614.70 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,260.15 km (783.02 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 72 | ||
Crews | 69 at start, 52 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:00:16.7 | ||
Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 6:28.1 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT 3 3:09:57.7 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate 3:24:38.9 | ||
J-WRC winner | Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate 3:24:38.9 |
The 2023 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 7 September to 10 September 2023.[2] It marked the sixty-seventh running of the Acropolis Rally, and was the tenth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the final round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event was based in Lamia in Central Greece, and was contested over fifteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 307.69 km (191.19 mi).[1]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] Robert Virves and Julia Thulin were the defending rally winners in the junior championship.[7]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their third rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[8] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Dominguez Jr and Peñate successfully defended their titles in the World Rally Championship-3 category, as well as winning the junior class.[10] At the conclusion of the junior championship, the Irish crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan became the 2023 Junior Rally Champions.[11]
Background
[edit]Entry list
[edit]The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-eight Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and thirteen Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of eight crews registered to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.[12][13]
Itinerary
[edit]All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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7 September | — | After 8:01 | Lamia [Shakedown] | 3.62 km |
After 17:30 | Opening ceremony, Acropolis | — | ||
SS1 | After 19:05 | EKO Super Special Stage | 1.48 km | |
8 September | SS2 | After 8:23 | Loutraki 1 | 18.10 km |
SS3 | After 9:26 | Pissia | 16.43 km | |
11:41 – 11:56 | Tyre fitting zone, Casino Loutraki | — | ||
SS4 | After 12:19 | Loutraki 2 | 18.10 km | |
SS5 | After 15:12 | Livadia | 21.03 km | |
SS6 | After 16:45 | Elatia | 28.32 km | |
17:25 – 18:10 | Flexi service A, Lamia | — | ||
9 September | SS7 | After 7:08 | Pavliani 1 | 24.25 km |
SS8 | After 8:41 | Karoutes 1 | 28.49 km | |
SS9 | After 11:05 | Eleftherochori 1 | 18.02 km | |
12:30 – 13:00 | Flexi service B, Lamia | — | ||
SS10 | After 14:08 | Pavliani 2 | 24.25 km | |
SS11 | After 15:41 | Karoutes 2 | 28.49 km | |
SS12 | After 18:05 | Eleftherochori 2 | 18.02 km | |
19:15 – 20:00 | Flexi service C, Lamia | — | ||
10 September | SS13 | After 8:52 | Tarzan | 23.37 km |
SS14 | After 10:05 | Grammeni 1 | 19.67 km | |
12:17 – 12:32 | Flexi service D, Lamia | — | ||
SS15 | After 13:15 | Grammeni 2 [Power Stage] | 19.67 km | |
After 15:55 | Podium ceremony, Lamia | — | ||
Source:[1] |
Report
[edit]WRC Rally1
[edit]Classification
[edit]Special stages
[edit]Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Shakedown cancelled | |||
SS1 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 1:32.9 | Rovanperä / Halttunen |
SS2 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 5:34.4 | Neuville / Wydaeghe |
SS3 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 11:16.8 | |
SS4 | Ogier / Landais | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 5:32.1 | |
SS5 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 12:51.7 | |
SS6 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 18:01.4 | |
SS7 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 19:46.5 | Ogier / Landais |
SS8 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 17:00.5 | Neuville / Wydaeghe |
SS9 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 10:47.6 | |
SS10 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 19:07.5 | Ogier / Landais |
SS11 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 16:43.5 | |
SS12 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 10:27.4 | Rovanperä / Halttunen |
SS13 | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 16:40.2 | |
SS14 | Sordo / Carrera | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 6:46.4 | |
SS15 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 6:28.1 |
Championship standings
[edit]Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 200 | Jonne Halttunen | 200 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 430 | ||||||
2 | Elfyn Evans | 167 | Scott Martin | 167 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 339 | ||||||
3 | Thierry Neuville | 134 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 134 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 220 | ||||||
4 | Ott Tänak | 119 | Martin Järveoja | 119 | ||||||||
5 | Sébastien Ogier | 99 | Vincent Landais | 99 |
WRC-2 Rally2
[edit]Classification
[edit]Special stages
[edit]Championship standings
[edit]Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
1 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 108 | Torstein Eriksen | 127 | 2 | Toksport WRT 3 | 148 | Sami Pajari | 93 | Enni Mälkönen | 93 | |||||||||
2 | Yohan Rossel | 92 | Arnaud Dunand | 92 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 146 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 93 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 93 | |||||||||
3 | 1 | Gus Greensmith | 80 | 1 | Jonas Andersson | 80 | 1 | Toksport WRT 2 | 115 | 1 | Marco Bulacia | 72 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 68 | ||||||
4 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 71 | 1 | Jonas Andersson | 71 | 2 | Toksport WRT | 110 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 68 | 1 | Szymon Gospodarczyk | 65 | |||||
5 | 4 | Adrien Fourmaux | 67 | 4 | Alexandre Coria | 67 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 104 | Mikołaj Marczyk | 65 | 1 | Diego Vallejo | 62 |
WRC-3 Rally3
[edit]Classification
[edit]Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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Event | Class | ||||||||
18 | 1 | 59 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:24:38.9 | 0.0 | 25 |
21 | 2 | 64 | Eamonn Kelly | Conor Mohan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:31:31.5 | +6:52.6 | 18 |
23 | 3 | 62 | Tom Rensonnet | Loïc Dumont | RACB National Team | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:32:37.6 | +7:58.7 | 15 |
24 | 4 | 57 | Eduardo Castro | Carla Salvat Trías | Eduardo Castro | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:32:58.5 | +8:19.6 | 12 |
25 | 5 | 63 | Roberto Blach Núñez | Mauro Barreiro | Roberto Blach Núñez | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:38:33.4 | +13:54.5 | 10 |
26 | 6 | 54 | Efthimios Halkias | Nikos Komnos | Efthimios Halkias | Renault Clio Rally3 | 3:41:16.9 | +16:38.0 | 8 |
32 | 7 | 55 | Spiros Galerakis | Konstantinos Soukoulis | Spiros Galerakis | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:53:40.3 | +29:01.4 | 6 |
34 | 8 | 60 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:57:39.9 | +33:01.0 | 4 |
43 | 9 | 56 | Giorgos Delaportas | Evangelos Panaritis | Giorgos Delaportas | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:12:14.2 | +47:35.3 | 2 |
44 | 10 | 61 | Laurent Pellier | Kévin Bronner | Laurent Pellier | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:13:03.0 | +48:24.1 | 1 |
Retired SS13 | 53 | Epaminondas Karanikolas | Giorgos Kakavas | Epaminondas Karanikolas | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 | ||
Retired SS11 | 65 | Hamza Anwar | Julia Thulin | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Rolled | 0 | ||
Retired SS2 | 58 | Ali Türkkan | Burak Erdener | Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 |
Special stages
[edit]Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Shakedown cancelled | |||
SS1 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:41.7 | Creighton / Regan |
SS2 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:26.7 | Pellier / Bronner |
SS3 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:49.8 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS4 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS5 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:32.7 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS6 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:14.5 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate Pellier / Bronner |
SS7 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 22:00.0 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS8 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:52.6 | |
SS9 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS10 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:15.0 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS11 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:22.2 | |
SS12 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:44.7 | |
SS13 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:43.6 | |
SS14 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:22.0 | |
SS15 | Stage cancelled |
Championship standings
[edit]Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Roope Korhonen | 100 | Anssi Viinikka | 100 | ||||
2 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 87 | Rogelio Peñate | 87 | ||||
3 | 2 | Tom Rensonnet | 55 | 1 | Loïc Dumont | 55 | ||
4 | 1 | William Creighton | 51 | 1 | Liam Regan | 51 | ||
5 | 4 | Eamonn Kelly | 49 | 2 | Conor Mohan | 49 |
J-WRC Rally3
[edit]Classification
[edit]Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
18 | 1 | 59 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:24:38.9 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 |
21 | 2 | 64 | Eamonn Kelly | Conor Mohan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:31:31.5 | +6:52.6 | 18 | 0 |
23 | 3 | 62 | Tom Rensonnet | Loïc Dumont | RACB National Team | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:32:37.6 | +7:58.7 | 15 | 0 |
25 | 4 | 63 | Roberto Blach Núñez | Mauro Barreiro | Roberto Blach Núñez | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:38:33.4 | +13:54.5 | 12 | 0 |
34 | 5 | 60 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:57:39.9 | +33:01.0 | 10 | 4 |
44 | 6 | 61 | Laurent Pellier | Kévin Bronner | Laurent Pellier | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:13:03.0 | +48:24.1 | 8 | 4 |
Retired SS14 | 66 | Nataniel Bruun Sosa | Claudio Bustos | Nataniel Bruun Sosa | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Rolled | 0 | 0 | ||
Retired SS11 | 65 | Hamza Anwar | Julia Thulin | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Rolled | 0 | 0 |
Special stages
[edit]Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Shakedown cancelled | |||
SS1 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:41.7 | Creighton / Regan |
SS2 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:26.7 | Pellier / Bronner |
SS3 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:49.8 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate |
SS4 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS5 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:32.7 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS6 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:14.5 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate Pellier / Bronner |
SS7 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 22:00.0 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS8 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:52.6 | |
SS9 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS10 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:15.0 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate |
SS11 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:22.2 | |
SS12 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:44.7 | |
SS13 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:43.6 | |
SS14 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:22.0 | |
SS15 | Stage cancelled |
Championship standings
[edit]- Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | William Creighton | 120 | Liam Regan | 120 | ||||
2 | 1 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 118 | Rogelio Peñate | 118 | |||
3 | 1 | Laurent Pellier | 87 | Mauro Barreiro | 77 | |||
4 | Roberto Blach | 77 | 1 | Loïc Dumont | 74 | |||
5 | 1 | Tom Rensonnet | 74 | 2 | Conor Mohan | 69 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Neuville triumphs as Hyundai makes history in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Lindholm wins WRC2 in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Victory at last for WRC3 star Dominguez". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Virves crowned FIA Junior WRC champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Victory in Greece cements Rovanperä's title ambitions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Title-hunting Mikkelsen strengthens WRC2 bid in Greece". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Perfect Dominguez keeps WRC3 title fight alive". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Irishman Creighton crowned FIA Junior WRC champion*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Entry List EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2023". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Greek and English)
- 2023 Acropolis Rally at eWRC-results.com
- 2023 Acropolis Rally at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)