2011 Acropolis Rally

2011 Acropolis Rally
*57th Acropolis Rally*
2011 Acropolis Rally; 57th Acropolis Rally
Round 7 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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	Eventual winner Sébastien Ogier driving a Citroën DS3 WRC on SS3.
Host country	Greece
Rally base	Loutraki, Greece
Dates run	June 17 – 19 2011
Stages	18 (348.80 km; 216.73 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,217.82 km (756.72 miles)
Statistics
Crews	42 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier; Citroën World Rally Team

The 2011 Acropolis Rally was the seventh round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 17–19 June, and was based in Loutraki, 85 kilometres (52.8 mi) outside the country's capital, Athens. The rally was also the fourth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. The Acropolis Rally returned to the WRC calendar for the first time since 2009, after the event was not run in 2010.

Sébastien Ogier took his third victory in five starts, having overtaken team-mate Sébastien Loeb on the final day of the event.^[2] Ogier's winning margin was 10.5 seconds, with Mikko Hirvonen a further three seconds behind in third place. Juho Hänninen claimed SWRC honours with an overall eighth-place finish.

Results edit

Event standings edit

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:04:44.3	0.0	28
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:04:54.8	10.5	20
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:04:57.8	13.5	16
4.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:05:23.1	38.8	12
5.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:10:09.0	5:24.7	10
6.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:11:39.0	6:54.7	8
7.	Kimi Räikkönen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:13:13.7	8:29.4	6
8.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:16:19.0	11:34.7	4
9.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:17:53.1	13:08.8	2
10.	Dennis Kuipers	Frédéric Miclotte	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:19:54.4	15:10.1	1
SWRC
1. (8.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:16:19.0	0.0	25
2. (11.)	Bernardo Sousa	António Costa	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:21:13.6	4:54.6	18
3. (13.)	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:22:36.3	6:17.3	15
4. (14.)	Hermann Gassner, Jr.	Kathi Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:23:27.7	7:08.7	12
5. (15.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:25:17.4	8:58.4	10
6. (16.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:26:23.9	10:04.9	8
7. (18.)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:37:41.5	21:22.5	6
8. (23.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	5:06:22.1	50:03.1	4
9. (24.)	Albert Llovera	Diego Vallejo	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	5:10:50.5	54:31.5	2

Special stages edit

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (17 June)	SS1	9:08	Thiva 1	23.60 km	Petter Solberg	16:39.9	84.97 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	11:01	Elatia	39.10 km	Petter Solberg	27:42.6	84.66 km/h
	SS3	13:39	Eleftherohori	18.10 km	Petter Solberg	11:20.6	95.74 km/h
	SS4	14:28	Rengini	11.88 km	Petter Solberg	8:40.1	92.95 km/h
	SS5	16:15	Thiva 2	23.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	16:39.5	85.00 km/h
	SS6	17:48	Mavrolimni	25.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:18.5	82.09 km/h
Leg 2 (18 June)	SS7	11:02	Klenia Mycenae 1	17.41 km	Sébastien Ogier	11:36.2	90.03 km/h
	SS8	12:05	Ghymno 1	26.28 km	Sébastien Ogier	18:34.3	84.90 km/h
	SS9	13:20	Kefalari 1	18.40 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:42.9	80.50 km/h
	SS10	16:20	Klenia Mycenae 2	17.41 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:20.0	92.17 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS11	17:23	Ghymno 2	26.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:11.6	86.67 km/h
	SS12	18:38	Kefalari 2	18.40 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:25.2	82.27 km/h
	SS13	21:33	Nea Politia	17.71 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:50.9	82.70 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
Leg 3 (19 June)	SS14	9:03	Aghii Theodori 1	19.42 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:49.5	90.85 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS15	9:34	New Pissia 1	11.37 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:15.1	82.67 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS16	12:05	Aghii Theodori 2	19.42 km	Mikko Hirvonen	12:33.7	92.76 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS17	12:36	New Pissia 2	11.37 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:04.5	84.48 km/h
	SS18	14:11	New Loutraki (Power stage)	4.00 km	Sébastien Ogier	2:22.7	100.91 km/h

Power Stage edit

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.00 km (2.49 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Loutraki.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	2:22.7	0.0	100.91 km/h	3
2	Sébastien Loeb	2:22.7	0.0	100.91 km/h	2
3	Mikko Hirvonen	2:23.1	+0.4	100.63 km/h	1

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Itinerary" (PDF). Acropolis Rally. World Rally Championship; International Sportsworld Communicators. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
^ "Loeb wins in Argentina". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

External links edit

Results^{[permanent dead link]} at eWRC.com

[Itin-1] "Itinerary" (PDF). Acropolis Rally. World Rally Championship; International Sportsworld Communicators. 14 June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

[2] "Loeb wins in Argentina". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.

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