2014 Acropolis Rally | |||
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Round 3 of 12 of the 2014 European Rally Championship
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Host country | Greece | ||
Rally base | Loutraki | ||
Dates run | 28 – 30 March 2014 | ||
Stages | 13 | ||
Stage surface | Tarmac/Gravel | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Craig Breen Peugeot Rally Academy | ||
Crews | 27 at start, 23 at finish |
The 2014 Acropolis Rally was the third round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season, held in Greece between 28 and 30 March 2014. [1]
The rally was won by Craig Breen and co-driver Scott Martin, on the competitive début of Peugeot's 208 T16 R5 rally car. [2]
Pos | No | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | 2 | Craig Breen | Scott Martin | Peugeot Rally Academy | Peugeot 208 T16 R5 | 2:21:20.2 | 38 |
2 | 1 | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | Citroën DS3 RRC | 2:21:28.3 | 31 | |
3 | 4 | Kajetan Katejanowicz | Jaroslaw Baran | Lotos Rally Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:22:02.3 | 25 |
4 | 3 | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Škoda Motorsport | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:22:53.2 | 20 |
5 | 7 | Bruno Magalhães | Carlos Magalhães | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2:26:00.2 | 14 | |
6 | 5 | Vasiliy Gryazin | Dmitry Eremeev | Sports Racing Technologies | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 2:27:32.0 | 11 |
7 | 15 | Jaroslav Orsák | David Smeidler | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:29:11.4 | 6 | |
8 | 11 | Jean Michel Raoux | Laurent Magat | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2:30:28.8 | 4 | |
9 | 9 | Jaromír Tarabus | Daniel Trunkát | Jipocar Czech National Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:30:38.6 | 3 |
10 | 10 | Robert Consani | Vincent Landais | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 2:31:13.1 | 2 | |
Did not finish | |||||||
SS6 | 6 | Kevin Abbring | Sebastian Marshall | Peugeot Rally Academy | Peugeot 208 T16 R5 | Mechanical | |
SS4 | 8 | Sepp Wiegand | Frank Christian | Škoda Auto Deutschland | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Accident | 3 |
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