The Citroën Total World Rally Team crew of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia today won the Acropolis Rally of Greece, the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The French crew finished 10.5 seconds ahead of team-mates Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, with the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team pairing of Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen third.
In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Loeb extends his lead and has a 17 point advantage over Hirvonen. Ogier has however closed the gap and is just four points adrift of the Finn in third position. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, Citroën’s maximum points haul sees it pull out a 55 point lead over Ford.
The final day of competition took the crews into the hills east of Loutraki for two identical loops of two stages before rounding off the event with the Power Stage, in which additional points are awarded to the fastest three drivers through this single stage. Here, Ogier claimed honours and an additional three points, with Loeb and Hirvonen taking two and one point extra respectively.
Loeb started the day with the advantage but was immediately overhauled by Ogier, by a mere one-tenth of a second. Ogier reclaimed the advantage after the third stage and from there inched out his advantage to a winning margin of 10.5 seconds. Hirvonen, who started fourth, passed Solberg in the opening stage, leaving the Norwegian to claim fourth. Jari-Matti Latvala finally managed to climb into ninth position after losing time on Friday with a transmission problem, and then on Saturday more time with a broken turbo.
The eighth round of the FIA World Rally Championship takes the crews to Rally Finland (28-30 July).
Acropolis Rally of Greece – Final Results (subject to final scrutineering)
| 1. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia 2. Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena 3. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen 4. Petter Solberg/Chris Patterson 5. Henning Solberg/Ilka Minor 6. Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin 7. Kimi Räikkönen/Kaj Lindström 8. Juho Hanninen/Mikko Markkula 9. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila 10. Dennis Kuipers/Frederic Miclotte |
Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Citroën DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Citroën DS3 WRC Skoda Fabia S2000 Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta S2000 |
4 hr 04 min 44.3sec 4 hr 04 min 54.8sec 4 hr 04 min 57.8sec 4 hr 05 min 23.1sec 4 hr 10 min 09.0sec 4 hr 11 min 39.0sec 4 hr 13 min 13.7sec 4 hr 16 min 19.0sec 4 hr 17 min 53.1sec 4 hr 19 min 54.4sec |
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (after 7 of 13 rounds)
| Sébastien Loeb (FRA) Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Sébastien Ogier (FRA) Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) Petter Solberg (NOR) Mads Østberg (NOR) Matthew Wilson (GBR) Kimi Räikkönen (FIN) Federico Villagra (ARG) Henning Solberg (NOR) Juho Hanninen (FIN) Dani Sordo (ESP) Martin Prokop (CZE) Ott Tänak (EST) Per-Gunnar Andersson (SWE) Khalid Al Qassimi (ARE) Dennis Kuipers (NLD) Hayden Paddon (NZL) Bernardo Sousa (PRT) Patrik Flodin (SWE) |
146 points 129 points 124 points 76 points 73 points 48 points 36 points 24 points 20 points 20 points 12 points 8 points 7 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 2 points 1 point 1 point |
FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (after 7 of 13 rounds)
| Citroën Total World Rally Team Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Petter Solberg World Rally Team Ice 1 Racing Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team Team Abu Dhabi Ferm Power Tools World Rally Team Monster World Rally Team Brazil World Rally Team |
250 points 195 points 87 points 61 points 34 points 32 points 19 points 14 points 8 points 1 point |
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