The 2024 World Rally Championship season continues this weekend with round 10, EKO Acropolis Rally Greece.
Championship Rundown
Oliver Solberg leads the WRC2 championship heading into EKO Acropolis Rally Greece. As the Swede holds a 28-point lead over Sami Pajari. Yohan Rossel is third in the championship, 12 points behind Pajari. Lauri Joona sits fourth in the championship, 13 points behind Rossel. Jan Solans and Nikolay Grayzin tie for fifth in the championship, with both sitting 10 points behind Joona.
Solberg will be absent from Greece this weekend. Meaning this is the perfect opportunity for Pajari and Rossel to take points off of Solberg. Solberg will retain the championship lead after this weekend. However, that lead could be cut to three points after all is said and done. After this weekend both Solberg and Pajari will have contested 6-point scoring events. Rossel will have only completed 5 of his 7 rounds. Joona is out of the running for the championship as after this weekend he will have completed all 7 point-scoring rounds. Grayzin will have competed in four of the seven rounds, while Solans will have completed five. In short, Rossel is the favourite to take home the championship. As he still has two rounds to score points after this weekend. However, only one will count towards the championship. He will be doing Rally Chile BioBio at the end of the month. Then Rossel will likely do the Central European Rally. Solberg will be using Chile as his final point-scoring round. While Pajari will be absent. Likely choosing to use Japan for his final point-scoring round.
Itinerary
Friday
The first day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece will see drivers’ contest 135.02 km across six stages. With the longest of these stages is the 23.37 km Tarzan stage which will end each loop. While the shortest is the 21.67 km Dafni stage, which is the second stage on each loop. The day features one 30-minute service between loops and a 45-minute service to end the day.
Saturday
The second day will see drivers contest 116.23 km across another six stages. The day’s longest stage is the 28.67 Rengini stage which serves as the day’s open stage and is only run once. The shortest stage is the 1.97 km EKO SSS stage, which will end the day off. Drivers will have to be cautious as there is no midday service. The day ends with a 45-minute service so teams can prepare the cars for the final day of action.
Sunday
The third and final day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece will see drivers contest 54.05 km across 3 stages. The day’s longest stage is the 18.29 km Eleftherohori stage which is run twice as SS14 and SS15 and will be the Wolf Powerstage. The shortest stage is the 17.47 km Inohori stage which opens the day.