2008 Acropolis Rally

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2008 Acropolis Rally of Greece
55th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of Greece
Round 7 of the 2008 World Rally Championship season
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Dani Sordo - 1 SSS - 2008 Acropolis Rally (2).JPG
Dani Sordo driving on the first super special stage.
Host country Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Rally base Schimatari
Dates runMay 30 June 1, 2008
Stages19 (365.09 km; 226.86 miles)
Stage surface Gravel
Overall distance1,481.25 km (920.41 miles)
Results
Overall winner Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Flag of France.svg Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews60 at start, 43 at finish

The 2008 Acropolis Rally of Greece was the seventh round of the 2008 World Rally Championship. It took place between May 29-June 1.

Contents

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Monaco.svg Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:54..710
2. Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 3:56:04.2+1:09.58
3. Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:56:50.8+1:56.16
4. Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava Flag of Estonia.svg Kuldar Sikk Citroën C4 WRC 3:59:14.4+4:19.75
5. Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo Flag of Spain.svg Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:59:44.1+4:49:44
6. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:01:06.0+6:11.33
7. Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:01:42.2+6:47.52
8. Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 07 4:04:08.7+9:14.01
PWRC
Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1. (14.) Flag of Austria.svg Andreas Aigner Flag of Germany.svg Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:16:06.710
2. (15.) Flag of Estonia.svg Martin Rauam Flag of Estonia.svg Silver Kutt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:16:41.7+35.08
3. (16.) Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Sousa Flag of Portugal.svg Jorge Carvalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:17:04.8+58.16
4. (17.) Flag of Portugal.svg Armindo Araújo Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:17:34.4+1:27.75
5. (18.) Flag of Japan.svg Fumio Nutahara Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:18:19.6+2:12.94
6. (19.) Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Aksakov Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksandr Kornilov Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:23:11.6+7:04.93
7. (20.) Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy Vertunov Flag of Russia.svg Georgy Troshkin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:24:08.1+8:01.42
8. (21.) Flag of Finland.svg Juho Hänninen Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:25:07.0+9:00.31

Special Stages

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader
1
(30 MAY)
SS109:16Schimatari 111.57 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 10:34.3 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS210:04Thiva 123.76 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 17:15.2 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS311:27Psatha 117.41 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:28.7 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS414:40Schimatari 211.57 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 10:26.7 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS515:28Thiva 223.76 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 16:53.8 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS616:51Psatha 217.41 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 11:12.5 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS718:30Tatoi 14.6 km Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava 3:31.3 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
2
(31 MAY)
SS809:58Aghii Theodori 132.16 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 22:42.1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS910:41Pissia 116.6 km Flag of Italy.svg Gigi Galli 12:17.2 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo
SS1012.09Aghia Triada 110.8 km Flag of Italy.svg Gigi Galli 7:46.1 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo
SS1115:10Aghii Theodori 232.16 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 22:36.1 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo
SS1215:53Pissia 216.6 km Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava 12:13.9 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1317:21Aghia Triada 210.8 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 7:45.4 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
3
(1 JUN)
SS1406:53Avlonas 115.14 km Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 9:09.6 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1507:32Assopia 118.52 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:39.9 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1608:35Aghia Sotira 115.2 km Flag of Italy.svg Gigi Galli 9:47.2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1711:17Avlonas 215.14 km Flag of Italy.svg Gigi Galli 9:00.9 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1811:56Assopia 218.52 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:26.6 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1912:59Aghia Sotira 215.2 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 9:52.2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS2014:30Tatoi 24.6 km Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 3:33.0 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb

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