2021 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021 | |||
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Round 9 of 12 in the 2021 World Rally Championship
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![]() The Acropolis Rally of Greece returned to the championship after eight years. | |||
Host country | ![]() | ||
Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Dates run | 9 – 12 September 2021 | ||
Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
Finish location | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Stages | 15 (292.19 km; 181.56 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 993.66 km (617.43 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,253.15 km (778.67 miles) | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 3:28:24.6 | ||
WRC-2 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 3:37:27.1 | ||
WRC-3 winner | ![]() ![]() 3:39:48.2 | ||
Power Stage winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 8:34.8 | ||
Crews registered | 55 | ||
Crews | 48 at start, 43 at finish |
The 2021 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally of Gods 2021) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 September 2021. [2] It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Acropolis Rally. The event was the ninth round of the 2021 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2021 event was based in the town of Lamia in Central Greece and contested over fifteen special stages totalling 292.19 km (181.56 mi) in competitive distance. [1]
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the reigning rally winners. [3] However, they did not defend their titles as Latvala retired from the competition. [4] Volkswagen Motorsport, the team they drove for in 2013, when Acropolis Rally held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners, but they did not defend their title neither when Volkswagen retired from the championship at the end of 2016. [5] Robert Kubica and Maciek Baran were the reigning rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles since Kubica was competing the 2021 Italian Grand Prix. [6]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the overall rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. [7] In the World Rally Championship-2 category, Andreas Mikkelsen won the class with his new co-driver Elliott Edmondson. [8] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria finished first in the class. [9] However, they were disqualified from the results after the rally as the front subframe on their Citroën C3 Rally2 was found to be overweight during the post-event scrutineering. The polish crew of Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak subsequently became the WRC-3 winners. [10]
Reigning World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a thirty-eight-point lead, with the crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin and of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe shared second. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a forty-one--point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, followed by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene held an eleven-point lead ahead of Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian in third. In the teams' championship, Toksport WRT led Movisport by thirty-seven points, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, Yohan Rossel and Alexandre Coria were the championships leaders, followed by Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciek Szczepaniak, with Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche in third.
The following crews entered the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven entries for the World Rally Championship were received, as were ten in the World Rally Championship-2 and nineteen in the World Rally Championship-3.
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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51 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | P |
58 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
65 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Peugeot 208 R2 | P |
Source: [11] |
All dates and times are EET (UTC+3).
Leg | Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance | ||||||||||
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— | 9 September | 08:01 | — | Divri [ Shakedown ] | 4.32 km | ||||||||||
1 | 9 September | 18:08 | SS1 | Cosmote 5G Athens Stage | 0.98 km | ||||||||||
10 September | 10:18 | SS2 | Aghii Theodori 1 | 17.54 km | |||||||||||
11:11 | SS3 | Loutraki | 19.40 km | ||||||||||||
13:24 | SS4 | Aghii Theodori 2 | 17.54 km | ||||||||||||
15:47 | SS5 | Thiva | 23.27 km | ||||||||||||
17:40 | SS6 | Elatia | 11.65 km | ||||||||||||
2 | 11 September | 08:32 | SS7 | Pavliani 1 | 24.25 km | ||||||||||
09:57 | SS8 | Gravia | 24.81 km | ||||||||||||
11:52 | SS9 | Bauxites | 22.97 km | ||||||||||||
13:08 | SS10 | Eleftherochori 1 | 18.14 km | ||||||||||||
16:26 | SS11 | Pavliani 2 | 24.25 km | ||||||||||||
18:08 | SS12 | Eleftherochori 2 | 18.14 km | ||||||||||||
3 | 12 September | 08:25 | SS13 | Tarzan 1 | 23.37 km | ||||||||||
10:03 | SS14 | Pyrgos | 33.20 km | ||||||||||||
13:18 | SS15 | Tarzan 2 [ Power Stage ] | 12.68 km | ||||||||||||
Source: [1] | |||||||||||||||
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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9 September | — | Divri [ Shakedown ] | 4.32 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:14.3 | — |
SS1 | Cosmote 5G Athens Stage | 0.98 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 51.5 | Ogier / Ingrassia | |
10 September | SS2 | Aghii Theodori 1 | 17.54 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 13:15.8 | |
SS3 | Loutraki | 19.40 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 13:04.4 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | |
SS4 | Aghii Theodori 2 | 17.54 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 13:10.3 | ||
SS5 | Thiva | 23.27 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 15:25.2 | ||
SS6 | Elatia | 11.65 km | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 5:58.1 | ||
11 September | SS7 | Pavliani 1 | 24.25 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 19:27.7 | |
SS8 | Gravia | 24.81 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 20:35.9 | ||
SS9 | Bauxites | 22.97 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 13:44.3 | ||
SS10 | Eleftherochori 1 | 18.14 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 11:05.2 | ||
SS11 | Pavliani 2 | 24.25 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 19:10.6 | ||
SS12 | Eleftherochori 2 | 18.14 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 10:42.0 | ||
12 September | SS13 | Tarzan 1 | 23.37 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 17:22.7 | |
SS14 | Pyrgos | 33.20 km | Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 25:24.4 | ||
SS15 | Tarzan 2 [ Power Stage ] | 12.68 km | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota Yaris WRC | 8:34.8 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() | Sébastien Ogier | 180 | ![]() | Julien Ingrassia | 180 | ![]() | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 397 | |||
2 | ![]() | Elfyn Evans | 136 | ![]() | Scott Martin | 136 | ![]() | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 340 | |||
3 | ![]() | Thierry Neuville | 130 | ![]() | Martijn Wydaeghe | 130 | ![]() | M-Sport Ford WRT | 153 | |||
4 | ![]() | Kalle Rovanperä | 129 | ![]() | Jonne Halttunen | 129 | ![]() | Hyundai 2C Competition | 44 | |||
5 | ![]() | Ott Tänak | 106 | ![]() | Martin Järveoja | 106 |
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | ![]() | Andreas Mikkelsen | 126 | ![]() | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 104 | ![]() | Toksport WRT | 211 | |||
2 | ![]() | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 104 | ![]() | Ola Fløene | 98 | ![]() | M-Sport Ford WRT | 131 | |||
3 | ![]() | Mads Østberg | 96 | ![]() | Torstein Eriksen | 96 | ![]() | Movisport | 125 | |||
4 | ![]() | Nikolay Gryazin | 67 | ![]() | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 67 | ![]() | Hyundai Motorsport N | 37 | |||
5 | ![]() | Jari Huttunen | 60 | ![]() | Mikko Lukka | 60 | ![]() | Saintéloc Junior Team | 27 |
Day | Stage | Stage name | Length | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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9 September | — | Divri [ Shakedown ] | 4.32 km | Athanassoulas / Zakheos | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | 3:37.8 | — |
SS1 | Cosmote 5G Athens Stage | 0.98 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 53.0 | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | |
10 September | SS2 | Aghii Theodori 1 | 17.54 km | Ingram / Whittock | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 13:47.6 | Ingram / Whittock |
SS3 | Loutraki | 19.40 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 13:52.7 | ||
SS4 | Aghii Theodori 2 | 17.54 km | Ingram / Whittock | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 13:50.9 | ||
SS5 | Thiva | 23.27 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 16:06.8 | ||
SS6 | Elatia | 11.65 km | Lindholm / Hämäläinen | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 6:14.0 | ||
11 September | SS7 | Pavliani 1 | 24.25 km | Ingram / Whittock | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 20:28.4 | |
SS8 | Gravia | 24.81 km | Rossel / Coria | Citroën C3 Rally2 | 21:08.1 | ||
SS9 | Bauxites | 22.97 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 14:24.4 | Rossel / Coria | |
SS10 | Eleftherochori 1 | 18.14 km | Stage cancelled | ||||
SS11 | Pavliani 2 | 24.25 km | Rossel / Coria | Citroën C3 Rally2 | 20:12.0 | Rossel / Coria | |
SS12 | Eleftherochori 2 | 18.14 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 11:42.1 | ||
12 September | SS13 | Tarzan 1 | 23.37 km | Rossel / Coria | Citroën C3 Rally2 | 18:27.5 | |
SS14 | Pyrgos | 33.20 km | Rossel / Coria | Citroën C3 Rally2 | 26:08.9 | ||
SS15 | Tarzan 2 [ Power Stage ] | 12.68 km | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | 9:03.2 | Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak | |
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | ![]() | Yohan Rossel | 127 | ![]() | Maciek Szczepaniak | 112 | ||
2 | ![]() | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 112 | ![]() | Alexandre Coria | 99 | ||
3 | ![]() | Nicolas Ciamin | 57 | ![]() | Yannick Roche | 57 | ||
4 | ![]() | Chris Ingram | 49 | ![]() | Ross Whittock | 49 | ||
5 | ![]() | Emil Lindholm | 45 | ![]() | Carlos del Barrio | 43 |
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