2025 Acropolis Rally EKO Acropolis Rally 2025 | |||
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Round 7 of 14 in the 2025 World Rally Championship
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![]() Twisty gravel mountain roads, high temperatures and choking dust are the challenges of the event. | |||
Host country | ![]() | ||
Rally base | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Dates run | 26 – 29 June 2025 | ||
Start location | Athens, Attica | ||
Finish location | Lamia, Central Greece | ||
Stages | 17 (345.76 km; 214.85 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 1,076.54 km (668.93 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,422.30 km (883.78 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 69 | ||
Crews | 67 at start, 49 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 4:12:20.1 | ||
Sunday Accumulated leader | ![]() ![]() ![]() 1:15:37.6 | ||
Power Stage winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 16:34.6 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 4:22:54.8 | ||
WRC-3 winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 4:39:31.7 | ||
J-WRC winner | ![]() ![]() ![]() 4:39:31.7 |
The 2025 Acropolis Rally (also known as the EKO Acropolis Rally 2025) was a motor racing event for rally cars scheduled to be held over four days from 26 to 29 June 2025. [2] It marked the sixty-ninth running of the Acropolis Rally, and was the seventh round of the 2025 World Rally Championship, 2025 WRC2 Championship and 2025 WRC3 Championship. The event was also be third round of the 2025 Junior WRC Championship. [3] The 2025 event was based in Lamia in Central Greece and was contested over seventeen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 345.76 km (214.85 mi). [1]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners, and their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners. [4] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen were the defending rally winners in the WRC2 category, [5] but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the top tier by Toyota. [6] Norbert Maior and Francesca Maria Maior were the defending rally winners in the WRC3 category, as well as the junior category. [7]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the rally, and their team, Hyundai, successfully defended their titles. [8] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were the winners in the WRC2 category. [9] Ali Türkkan and Oytun Albayrak were the winners in the WRC3 category as well as the junior championship. [10]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the WRC2 Championship, the WRC3 Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twelve entered under Rally1 regulations, as were thirty-four Rally2 crews in the WRC2 Championship and eleven Rally3 crew in the WRC3 Championship. A total of nine crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship. [11]
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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29 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | H |
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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26 June | — | After 8:01 | Lamia [ Shakedown ] | 3.62 km |
![]() | After 17:45 | Opening ceremony, Athens | — | |
SS1 | After 18:05 | EKO Athens SSS | 1.50 km | |
27 June | SS2 | After 7:28 | Aghii Theodori 1 | 26.76 km |
SS3 | After 8:31 | Loutraki | 12.90 km | |
![]() | 9:03 – 9:48 | Regroup | — | |
SS4 | After 10:28 | Aghii Theodori 2 | 26.76 km | |
![]() | 11:16 – 11:46 | Regroup | — | |
![]() | 11:46 – 12:06 | Remote service, Loutraki | — | |
SS5 | After 14:29 | Thiva | 19.58 km | |
SS6 | After 16:50 | Stiri | 24.18 km | |
![]() | 17:48 – 18:08 | Regroup | — | |
SS7 | After 19:31 | Elatia | 11.58 km | |
![]() | 20:53 – 21:38 | Flexi service A, Lamia | — | |
28 June | SS8 | After 8:22 | Pavliani 1 | 24.58 km |
SS9 | After 10:05 | Karoutes 1 | 19.48 km | |
SS10 | After 11:32 | Inohori 1 | 17.66 km | |
![]() | 12:52 – 13:32 | Regroup | — | |
![]() | 13:32 – 14:12 | Service B, Lamia | — | |
SS11 | After 15:22 | Pavliani 2 | 24.58 km | |
SS12 | After 17:05 | Karoutes 2 | 19.48 km | |
SS13 | After 18:32 | Inohori 2 | 17.66 km | |
![]() | 20:02 – 20:47 | Flexi service C, Lamia | — | |
29 June | SS14 | After 8:03 | Smokovo 1 | 26.16 km |
SS15 | After 9:05 | Tarzan 1 | 23.37 km | |
![]() | 10:39 – 11:09 | Regroup | — | |
![]() | 11:09 – 11:24 | Service D, Lamia | — | |
SS16 | After 12:32 | Smokovo 2 | 26.16 km | |
![]() | 13:22 – 14:02 | Regroup | — | |
SS17 | After 14:15 | Tarzan 2 [ Power Stage ] | 23.37 km | |
![]() | After 15:49 | Finish | — | |
![]() | After 16:45 | Podium ceremony, Lamia | — | |
Source: [1] | ||||
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Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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19 | 1 | 68 | Ali Türkkan | Oytun Albayrak | Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:03:55.4 | 0.0 | 25 | |
21 | 2 | 63 | Taylor Gill | Daniel Brkic | FIA Rally Star | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:45:23.1 | +5:51.4 | 17 | |
22 | 3 | 71 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:45:48.8 | +6:17.1 | 15 | |
25 | 4 | 65 | Kerem Kazaz | Corentin Silvestre | Team Petrol Ofisi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:49:53.5 | +10:21.8 | 12 | |
32 | 5 | 58 | Efthimios Halkias | Nikos Komnos | Efthimios Halkias | Renault Clio Rally3 | 5:05:22.5 | +25:50.8 | 10 | |
37 | 6 | 70 | Max Smart | Malcolm Read | FIA Rally Star | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:13:23.1 | +33:51.4 | 8 | |
38 | 7 | 59 | Giorgos Delaportas | Evangelos Panaritis | Giorgos Delaportas | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:14:24.6 | +34:52.9 | 6 | |
40 | 8 | 72 | Claire Schönborn | Jara Hain | WRC Young Driver Program | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:18:20.2 | +38:48.5 | 4 | |
48 | 9 | 62 | Giorgos Dodos | Nikos Intzoglou | Giorgos Dodos | Renault Clio Rally3 | 6:14:49.3 | +1:35:17.6 | 2 | |
49 | 10 | 61 | Georgios Vasilakis | Allan Harryman | Georgios Vasilakis | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:15:48.8 | +2:36:17.1 | 1 | |
Retired SS10 | 60 | Stephanos Theocharopoulos | Giorgos Kotsalis | Stephanos Theocharopoulos | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Excluded | 0 | |||
Source: [16] |
Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:54.2 | — |
SS1 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:28.4 | Türkkan / Albayrak |
SS2 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:35.5 | |
SS3 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:49.4 | |
SS4 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:37.2 | |
SS5 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:53.5 | |
SS6 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 16:21.8 | |
SS7 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:34.6 | |
SS8 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:02.0 | |
SS9 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 13:13.1 | |
SS10 | stage cancelled | |||
SS11 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:05.8 | Türkkan / Albayrak |
SS12 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 13:32.8 | |
SS13 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 16:02.0 | |
SS14 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 23:14.4 | |
SS15 | Halkias / Komnos | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:03.7 | |
SS16 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 23:15.2 | |
SS17 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:41.8 | |
Source: [13] [14] |
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Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
19 | 1 | 68 | Ali Türkkan | Oytun Albayrak | Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:39:31.7 | 0.0 | 25 | 7 |
21 | 2 | 63 | Taylor Gill | Daniel Brkic | FIA Rally Star | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:45:23.1 | +5:51.4 | 17 | 2 |
22 | 3 | 71 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:45:48.8 | +6:17.1 | 15 | 1 |
25 | 4 | 65 | Kerem Kazaz | Corentin Silvestre | Team Petrol Ofisi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:49:53.5 | +10:21.8 | 12 | 0 |
31 | 5 | 66 | Efthimios Halkias | Nikos Komnos | Efthimios Halkias | Renault Clio Rally3 | 5:05:22.5 | +25:50.8 | 10 | 0 |
33 | 6 | 64 | Mille Johansson | Johan Grönvall | Mille Johansson | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:13:23.1 | +33:51.4 | 8 | 4 |
37 | 7 | 70 | Max Smart | Malcolm Read | FIA Rally Star | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:14:24.6 | +34:52.9 | 6 | 0 |
40 | 8 | 72 | Claire Schönborn | Michael Wenzel | WRC Young Driver Program | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:18:20.2 | +38:48.5 | 4 | 0 |
Retired SS14 | 67 | Thomas Martens | Max Freeman | Thomas Martens | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Propshaft | 0 | 1 | ||
Source: [17] |
Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders | |||||
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SD | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:54.2 | — | |||||
SS1 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:28.4 | Türkkan / Albayrak | |||||
SS2 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:35.5 | ||||||
SS3 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:49.4 | ||||||
SS4 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:37.2 | ||||||
SS5 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:53.5 | ||||||
SS6 | Johansson / Grönvall | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 16:12.5 | ||||||
SS7 | Johansson / Grönvall | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:21.7 | ||||||
SS8 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:02.0 | ||||||
SS9 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 13:13.1 | ||||||
SS10 | stage cancelled | ||||||||
SS11 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:05.8 | Türkkan / Albayrak | |||||
SS12 | Türkkan / Albayrak | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 13:32.8 | ||||||
SS13 | Martens / Freeman | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:38.8 | ||||||
SS14 | Johansson / Grönvall | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 22:40.3 | ||||||
SS15 | Gill / Brkic | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:03.7 | ||||||
SS16 | Johansson / Grönvall | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 22:43.5 | ||||||
SS17 | Dominguez Jr. / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 18:41.8 | ||||||
Source: [13] [14] |
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