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The third and final day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024 has come to an end. Sami Pajari took home the event win.

SS13, Inohori

Nikolay Grayzin took home the stage win on the opening stage of the day. With a time 2.6 seconds faster than Lauri Joona. Sami Pajari finished third fastest on the stage, 3.9 seconds slower than Gryazin and 1.3 seconds slower than Joona. Yohan Rossel set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 3.9 seconds slower than Pajari. Fabrizio Zaldivar rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.4 seconds slower than Rossel.

SS14, Eleftherohori 1

Yohan Rossel took home the stage win on the fourteenth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. As the Frenchman set a time 2.3 seconds faster than Robert Virves to top the stage. Fabrizio Zaldviar finished third fastest on the stage, 4.4 seconds slower than Rossel and 2.1 seconds slower than Virves. Sami Pajari was fourth fastest on the stage, 7.9 seconds slower than Zaldivar. Josh McErlean rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 10.5 seconds slower than Pajari.

SS15, Eleftherohori 2 – Powerstage

Robert Virves took home the stage win on the final stage win of the weekend. With a time 13.5 seconds faster than Yohan Rossel to take the stage win. Josh McErlean finished third fastest on the stage, 26.6 seconds slower than Virves and 13.1 seconds slower than Rossel. Sami Pajari set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 1.9 seconds slower than McErlean. Fabrizio Zaldivar rounded out the top five on the stage, 12.3 seconds slower than Pajari.

Pajari and Virves Tie

Sami Pajari and Robert Virves managed to somehow end with the same time after 15 stages of competition. Sami Pajari is named the class winner for the event as he won SS1. Pajari looked guaranteed for the win heading into SS15, but a puncture in the stage changed that slightly. As Pajari lost every bit of his 28.5-second lead over Robert Virves. Virves was a man on a mission in SS15.

The third and final day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece has come to an end. Thierry Neuville held on to take the event win.

SS13, Inohori

Sebastien Ogier kicked off the final day with yet another stage win. Ogier set a time 5.3 seconds faster than Thierry Neuville to take the stage win. Ott Tänak finished third fastest on the stage, 10.5 seconds slower than Ogier and 5.2 seconds slower than Neuville. Adrien Fourmaux was fourth fastest on the stage, 10.6 seconds slower than Tänak Elfyn Evans rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.2 seconds slower than Fourmaux.

SS14, Eleftherohori 1

Sebastien Ogier also took the stage win on the fourteenth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. As the Frenchman finished with a time 2.5 seconds faster than Ott Tänak and Elfyn Evans who both tied for second fastest on the stage. Takamoto Katsuta set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 1.8 seconds slower than Tänak and Evans. Adrien Fourmaux rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 0.7 seconds slower than Katsuta.

SS15, Eleftherohori 2 – Powerstage

Adrien Fourmaux took the stage win on the final stage of the weekend. The Frenchman set a time one second faster than Ott Tänak to take home the powerstage win. Elfyn Evans finished third fastest on the stage, 10.7 seconds slower than Fourmaux and 9.7 seconds slower than Tänak. Thierry Neuville was fourth fastest on the stage, 6.6 seconds slower than Evans. Takamoto Katsuta rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 8.4 seconds slower than Neuville.

Ogier Rolls

Sebastien Ogier was destined to take second place this weekend. However, the Frenchman rolled his Toyota Yaris Rally1 on the Powerstage. He was able to get the car back on all four wheels but he quickly fell out of second place and the Super Sunday standings lead. Ogier managed to finish the stage over 22 minutes slower than the stage winner Adrien Fourmaux. That doesn’t matter for Ogier however, as all he has to do is make it back to the service park, why? So he can officially claim his 13 points from the Saturday standings.

The second day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece has come to an end. Sami Pajari took the class lead after the day.

SS7, Rengini

Yohan Rossel kicked off the second day with a stage win. As the Frenchman set a time 0.5 seconds faster than Robert Virves and Sami Pajari who tied for the second-fastest time on the stage. Georg Linnamäe and Jan Solans tied for the fourth fastest time on the stage, with both drivers finishing 3.1 seconds slower than Rossel and 2.6 seconds slower than Virves and Pajari.

SS8, Thiva

Yohan Rossel also took the stage win on the eighth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 7.8 seconds faster than Georg Linnamäe. Lauri Joona and Robert Virves tied for the third fastest time on the stage, with both drivers finishing 10 seconds slower than Rossel and 2.2 seconds slower than Linnamäe. Sami Pajari rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 3.2 seconds slower than Joona and Virves.

SS9, Aghii Theodori 1

Sami Pajari capped off the morning loop with his first stage win of the day. As the Toyota driver finished 0.9 seconds faster than Yohan Rossel. Lauri Joona was third fastest on the stage, 7.1 seconds slower than Pajari and 6.2 seconds slower than Rossel. Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Georg Linnamäe tied for the fourth fastest time on the stage, with both finishing 6.2 seconds slower than Joona.

SS10, Loutraki

Yohan Rossel was back to his winning ways on the tenth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. As Rossel set a time 1.6 seconds faster than Lauri Joona to take the stage win. Sami Pajari was third fastest on the stage, 1.8 seconds slower than Rossel and 0.2 seconds slower than Joona. Georg Linnamäe finished fourth fastest on the stage, 0.3 seconds slower than Pajari. Jan Solans rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.3 seconds slower than Linnamäe.

SS11, Aghii Theodori 2

Yohan Rossel also took home the stage win on SS11. With a time 5.4 seconds faster than championship rival Sami Pajari. Georg Linnamäe finished third fastest on the stage, 8.1 seconds slower than Rossel and 2.7 seconds slower than Pajari. Robert Virves set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 6.4 seconds slower than Linnamäe. Jan Solans rounded out the top five on the stage, 1.1 seconds slower than Virves.

SS12, EKO SSS

Kajetan Kajetanowicz took home the stage win on the twelfth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. As Kajetanowicz set a time 0.5 seconds faster than Roberto Daprà and Yohan Rossel who tied for the second-fastest time on the stage. Robert Virves finished fourth fastest on the stage, 0.6 seconds slower than Darpà and Rossel. Sami Pajari rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 0.4 seconds slower than Virves.

What To Expect From EKO Acropolis Rally Greece Day Three

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.

The second day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece has come to an end. Thierry Neuville took the event lead after a less chaotic day.

SS7, Rengini

Thierry Neuville kicked off the second day with a stage win. As the Belgian set a time 0.2 seconds faster than Sebastien Ogier to take the stage win. Dani Sordo finished third fastest on the stage, 16.2 seconds slower than Neuville and 16 seconds slower than Ogier. Elfyn Evans was fourth fastest on the stage, 5.3 seconds slower than Sordo. Grégoire Munster rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing two seconds slower than Evans.

SS8, Thiva

Sebastien Ogier took the stage win on the eighth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 7.4 seconds faster than Dani Sordo. Thierry Neuville finished third fastest on the stage, 10.5 seconds slower than Ogier and 3.1 seconds slower than Sordo. Elfyn Evans set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 2.3 seconds slower than Neuville. Ott Tänak rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.3 seconds slower than Evans.

SS9, Aghii Theodori 1

Sebastien Ogier capped off the morning loop with his second stage win of the day. Finishing with a time 5.7 seconds faster than Thierry Neuville. Ott Tänak was third fastest on the stage, 6.2 seconds slower than Ogier and 0.5 seconds slower than Neuville. Elfyn Evans set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 0.2 seconds slower than Tänak. Adrien Fourmuax rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.3 seconds slower than Evans.

SS10, Loutraki

Ott Tänak topped the tenth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 2.4 seconds slower than Sebastien Ogier. Thierry Neuville finished third fastest on the stage, 2.6 seconds slower than Tänak and 0.2 seconds slower than Ogier. Dani Sordo set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 4.7 seconds slower than Neuville. Adrien Fourmaux rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing three seconds slower than Sordo.

SS11, Aghii Theodori 2

Sebastien Ogier set the fastest time on SS11. With a time 0.5 seconds faster than Ott Tänak to win the stage. Thierry Neuville finished third fastest on the stage, 5.5 seconds slower than Ogier and five seconds slower than Tänak. Takamoto Katsuta set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 5.4 seconds slower than Neuville. Adrien Fourmaux rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 4.5 seconds slower than Katsuta.

SS12, EKO SSS

Thierry Neuville took home the stage win on the twelfth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece. As Neuville set a time 0.4 seconds faster than Sebastien Ogier to win the stage. Dani Sordo finished third fastest on the stage, 2.3 seconds slower than Neuville and 1.9 seconds slower than Ogier. Takamoto Katsuta was fourth fastest on the stage, 0.3 seconds slower than Sordo. Ott Tänak rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 0.2 seconds slower than Katsuta.

What To Expect From EKO Acropolis Rally Greece Day Three

The first day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024 has come to an end. Robert Virves leads the WRC2 class after the day.

SS1, Ano Pavliani 1

Yohan Rossel kicked off the weekend with a stage win. As the Frenchman set a time 7.6 seconds faster than Sami Pajari to win the stage. Nikolay Gryazin was third fastest on the stage, 13.3 seconds slower than Rossel and 5.7 seconds slower than Pajari. Lauri Joona finished fourth fastest on the stage, 3.4 seconds slower than Gryazin. Kajetan Kajetanowicz rounded out the top five on the stage, 1.6 seconds slower than Joona.

SS2, Dafni 2

Yohan Rossel also took the stage win on the stage second stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 3.4 seconds faster than Gus Greensmith. Lauri Joona finished third fastest on the stage, 6.8 seconds slower than Rossel, and 3.4 seconds slower than Greensmith. Fabrizio Zaldivar set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 0.3 seconds slower than Joona. Sami Pajari rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.2 seconds slower than Zaldivar.

SS3, Tarzan 1

Yohan Rossel completed the sweep of the morning loop after taking the stage win on SS3. Rossel set a time 8.4 seconds faster than both Sami Pajari and Gus Greensmith, who tied for second, to top the stage. Robert Virves finished fourth fastest on the stage, 4.6 seconds slower than Pajari and Greensmith. Kajetan Kajetanowicz rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 10.1 seconds slower than Virves.

SS4, Ano Panvliani 2

Yohan Rossel continued his dominance on the fourth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. As the class leader finished with a time 0.1 seconds faster than Robert Virves to take the stage win. Georg Linnamäe was third fastest on the stage, 3.6 seconds slower than Rossel and 3.5 seconds slower than Virves. Gus Greensmith set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 1.7 seconds slower than Linnamäe. Nikolay Gryazin rounded out the top five, finishing 0.6 seconds slower than Greenmsith.

SS5, Dafni 2

Yohan Rossel also took the stage win on SS5. As Rossel set a time 4.2 seconds faster than Robert Virves. Georg Linnamäe finished third fastest on the stage, 8.5 seconds slower than Rossel and 4.3 seconds slower than Virves. Sami Pajari was fourth fastest on the stage, 4.1 seconds slower than Linnamäe. Gus Greenmsith rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.2 seconds slower than Pajari.

SS6, Tarzan 2

Yohan Rossel’s dominance came to an end on SS6. As Robert Virves took the stage win and class lead. As he finished the stage with a time 11.1 seconds faster than Sami Pajari. Georg Linnamäe set the third fastest time on the stage, 17.2 seconds slower than Virves and 6.1 seconds slower than Pajari. Jan Solans was fourth fastest on the stage, 0.7 seconds slower than Linnamäe. Kajetan Kajetanwoicz rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 3.1 seconds slower than Solans.

A Smaller Playing Field

Pierre-Louis Loubet, who challenged for the event win back in 2022 continued his streak of misfortune this weekend. As the Frenchman had an accident on the events opening stage. Lauri Joona retired on SS5 with a mechanical. Gus Greenmsith retired with a mechanical after hitting a cow. Don’t worry the cow was fine according to Gus. However, Greensmith’s Škoda Fabia Rally2 was not alright after the altercation. Rossel suffered a puncture on SS6, which dropped him to sixth in class.

What To Expect From EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024 Day Two

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.

The first day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024 has come to an end. Ott Tänak leads after a chaotic day.

SS1, Ano Pavliani 1

Sebastien Ogier kicked off the weekend with a stage win. As the Frenchman set a time 0.6 seconds faster than Ott Tänak to top the opening stage. Adrien Fourmaux was third fastest on the stage, 0.8 seconds slower than Ogier and 0.2 seconds slower than Tänak. Takamoto Katsuta finished fourth fastest on the stage, 1.9 seconds slower than Fourmaux. Dani Sordo rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 6.6 seconds slower than Katsuta.

SS2, Dafni 2

Takamoto Katsuta took the stage win on the second stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 1.9 seconds faster than the new rally leader Ott Tänak. Sebastien Ogier finished third fastest on the stage, 3.9 seconds slower than Katsuta and two seconds slower than Tänak. Adrien Fourmaux set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 0.2 seconds slower than Ogier. Dani Sordo rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 0.8 seconds slower than Fourmaux.

SS3, Tarzan 1

Sebastien Ogier regained the rally lead with a stage win on SS3. As the eight-time champion finished with a time 4.9 seconds faster than fellow countryman Adrien Fourmaux. Dani Sordo was third fastest on the stage, 9.1 seconds slower than Ogier and 4.2 seconds slower than Fourmaux. Ott Tänak set the third fastest time on the stage, 2.1 seconds slower than Sordo. Thierry Neuville rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.4 seconds slower than Tänak.

SS4, Ano Panvliani 2

Sebastien Ogier also took the stage win on the fourth stage of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024. With a time 1.9 seconds faster than Ott Tänak. Dani Sordo finished third fastest on the stage, 10.3 seconds slower than Ogier and 8.4 seconds slower than Tänak. Grégoire Munster set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 2.3 seconds slower than Sordo. Dani Sordo rounded out the top five on the stage, 0.6 seconds slower than Munster.

SS5, Dafni 2

Ott Tänak reclaimed the event lead with a stage win on SS5. As Tänak set a time 4.5 seconds faster than Dani Sordo. Grégoire Munster finished third fastest on the stage, 6.2 seconds slower than Tänak and 1.7 seconds slower than Sordo. Thierry Neuville was fourth fastest on the stage, 3.2 seconds slower than Munster. Elfyn Evans rounded out the top five on the stage, 0.7 seconds slower than Neuville.

SS6, Tarzan 2

Thierry Neuville capped off the first day of EKO Acropolis Rally Greece with his first stage win of the weekend. As the championship leader finished with a time 0.7 seconds faster than Dani Sordo. Ott Tänak was third fastest on the stage, 1.4 seconds slower than Neuville and 0.7 seconds slower than Sordo. WRC2 driver Robert Virves set the fourth fastest time on the stage, 20.2 seconds slower than Tänak. WRC2 driver Sami Pajari rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 11.1 seconds slower than Virves.

Narrowing Down The Field

Two of the Toyota Rally1 cars suffered turbo issues on the first day. Elfyn Evans had the issue on SS1, after already losing time due to a puncture. While Sebastien Ogier who was fighting for the event win had issues on SS6, the final stage of the day. Which put him out of the running for the win. However, he will still likely take home good points as everyone else who isn’t named Ott Tänak, Dani Sordo and Grégoire Munster has had issues. Takamoto Katsuta retired on SS3 after clipping a rock and losing a wheel. Adrien Fourmaux met his demise just one stage later on SS4 when he broke his front right suspension. Neuville had issues all morning for the most part. Claiming he was running on three cylinders for parts.

What To Expect From EKO Acropolis Rally Greece 2024 Day Two

The EKO Acropolis Rally Greece shakedown has come to an end. Thierry Neuville topped the shakedown stage.

Rally1

Thierry Neuville kicked off the weekend by setting the fastest time on the shakedown stage. Neuville set a time 0.9 seconds faster than Takamoto Katsuta to top the shakedown. Ott Tänak finished with the third fastest time, 1.5 seconds slower than Neuville and 0.6 seconds slower than Katsuta. Dani Sordo was fourth fastest on the shakedown stage, finishing with a time 0.7 seconds slower than Tänak. Adrien Fourmuax rounded out the top five on the stage, finishing 1.3 seconds slower than Sordo.

WRC2

Gus Greensmith topped the shakedown stage in the WRC2 class. As the British driver set a time 1.7 seconds faster than Robert Virves. Yohan Rossel was third fastest on the stage, two seconds slower than Greensmith and 03 seconds slower than Virves. Georg Linnamäe finished fourth fastest on the stage, 0.5 seconds slower than Rossel. Pierre-Louis Loubet, who nearly won the event a few years ago, rounded out the top five on the shakedown stage. As Loubet finished with a time 0.9 seconds slower than Linnamäe.

What To Expect From Day One

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. Thierry Neuville will be first on the road followed by Sebastian Ogier and Ott Tänak. Drivers are in for a rough event. As no rain is on the forecast which means the roads will be dry and as a result rougher for the drivers. Ogier expects this to be the roughest Acropolis in years. Only time will tell how rough the road is on the cars. Hopefully, it doesn’t get to the point where multiple drivers retire due to the conditions destroying the cars.

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.

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The 2024 World Rally Championship season continues this weekend with round 10, EKO Acropolis Rally Greece.

Championship Rundown

Thierry Neuville still leads the championship as he has since Monte Carlo. The Belgian takes a 27-point lead over Sebastien Ogier into the Acropolis. Ott Tänak sits third in the championship, 31 points behind Neuville and 4 behind Ogier. Elfyn Evans is fourth in the championship. With the Welshman sitting 5 points behind Tänak. Adrien Fourmaux rounds out the championship top five, 23 points down from Evans.

It should be a good battle between Neuville and Ogier at the legendary event. However, they won’t be the only ones hoping for good results this weekend. As this weekend is also the last true chance for Tänak and Evans to get back into the fight. As with three rounds left after Greece, only it will be hard for either to get back into the battle unless Neuville and Ogier each have a bad event down the road. For Tänak and Evans, it’s a bad event to have as your last hope. This is a result of Greece being a rough and unforgiving event. Arguably more unforgiving than the Safari Rally.

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The fourth and final day of Rally Finland 2024 has come to an end. Oliver Solberg held on to take the event win.

SS17, Sahloinen-Moksi 1

Jari-Matti Latvala kicked off the final day of his home event with a stage win. Latvala finished with a time 0.9 seconds faster than Robert Virves to take the stage win. Emil Lindholm rounded out the top three on the stage, finishing 1.8 seconds slower than Latvala and 0.9 seconds slower than Virves.

SS18, Laajavouri 1

Mikko Heikklä topped the eighteenth stage of Rally Finland 2024. With a time 0.9 seconds faster than Oliver Solberg. Jari-Matti Latvala finished third fastest on the stage, 1.1 seconds slower than Heikklä and 0.2 seconds slower than Solberg.

SS19, Sahloinen-Moksi 2

Mikko Heikklä also took the stage win on SS19. As the Finnish driver finished 0.3 seconds faster than Robert Virves to take the stage win. Emil Lindholm was third fastest on the stage, 1.2 seconds slower than Heikklä and 0.9 seconds slower than Virves.

SS20, Laajavouri 2

Mikko Heikklä also took home the stage win on the final stage of Rally Finland 2024. With a time three seconds faster than Robert Virves. Oliver Solberg finished third fastest on the stage, 3.7 seconds slower than Heikklä and 0.7 seconds slower than Virves.

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